Robert B. Reich's Blog, page 104

Having the Backbone to Set Minimum Standards for Health Insurance

Democrats are showing once again they have the backbones of banana slugs.
The Affordable Care Act...

Pragmatists, Ideologues, and Inequality in America

How will the 2016 election be framed? What will be America’s choice?
If the coverage of last...

What Tuesday's Election Results Really Mean

Pundits who are already describing the victories of Terry McAuliffe in Virginia and Chris Christie...

Why Washington Is Cutting Safety Nets When Most Americans Are Still in the Great Recession

So how to explain this paradox?
As of November 1 more than 47 million Americans have lost some or...

The Democrat's Version of Health Insurance Would Have Been Cheaper, Simpler, and More Popular (So Why Did We Enact the Republican Version and Why Are They So Upset?)

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Republicans will seek to delay a requirement of the 2010...

The Triumph of the Right

Conservative Republicans have lost their fight over the shutdown and debt ceiling, and they probably...

What to Expect During the Cease-Fire

The war isn’t over. It’s only a cease-fire. 
Republicans have agreed to fund the federal government...

Why Giving Republican Bullies a Bloody Nose Isn't Enough

Now is the time to lance the boil of Republican extremism once and for all. 
Since Barack Obama...

The Tea Party Republicans' Biggest Mistake: Confusing Government with Our System of Government

Representative Mo Brooks, Republican of Alabama and a fierce critic of the Affordable Care Act, has...

Republican Crazy Talk About the Debt Ceiling

"I would dispel the rumor that is going around that you hear on every newscast, that if we...