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Sat Apr 11, 2015, 12:09 AM Apr 2015

The Defining Moment, and Hillary Rodham Clinton

Friday, April 10, 2015

by Robert Reich


Almost all the economic gains are still going to the top, leaving America’s vast middle class with stagnant wages and little or no job security. Two-thirds of Americans are working paycheck to paycheck.

Meanwhile, big money is taking over our democracy.

If there were ever a time for a bold Democratic voice on behalf of hardworking Americans, it is now.

Yet I don’t recall a time when the Democratic Party’s most prominent office holders sounded as meek. With the exception of Elizabeth Warren, they’re pussycats. If Paul Wellstone, Teddy Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, or Ann Richards were still with us, they’d be hollering.

The fire now is on the right, stoked by the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, and a pocketful of hedge-fund billionaires.

http://robertreich.org/post/116045764740
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The Defining Moment, and Hillary Rodham Clinton (Original Post) Crewleader Apr 2015 OP
I miss Molly Ivins.. she would have been all over this issue... nt antigop Apr 2015 #1
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