Robert B. Reich's Blog, page 84
February 28, 2016
An Open Letter to the Republican Establishment
of American industry, the titans of Wall Street, and the billionaires who...
February 26, 2016
10 Reasons Marco Rubio is no ModerateMarco Rubio is being...
10 Reasons Marco Rubio is no Moderate
Marco Rubio is being positioned as a moderate alternative to Ted Cruz or Donald Trump. Baloney. His positions are extreme right. Consider these 10 facts about Rubio:
1. Rubio wants to repeal Obama’s executive order to expand background checks and close gun sale loopholes.
2. When asked about closing down mosques, Rubio said he wants to shutdown “any place radicals are inspired.”
3. He denies humans are responsible for climate change.
4. His tax plan gives the top 1 percent over $200,000 in tax cuts every year. That’s as bad as Donald Trump’s tax plan.
5. He wants to cut $4.3 trillion in spending, including funds from Medicare and other programs, essentially freeze federal spending at 2008 levels for everything except the Pentagon.
6. He wants a permanent U.S. presence in Iraq, and would end the nuclear deal with Iran, putting us on a path to war.
7. We have no way to know where he is on immigration because he’s flip-flopped — first working on legislation to regularize citizenship for undocumented immigrants, and now firmly anti-legalization.
8. He wants to repeal Obamacare.
9. He’s against a woman’s right to choose, even in cases of rape and incest.
10. Although elected to the Senate as a Tea Party favorite, he’s now the establishment’s favorite Republican. Among his donors are hedge-fund billionaire Paul Singer and the executives and PACs of Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, and Koch Industries.
February 22, 2016
The End of the Establishment?
enormity of what’s already...
February 20, 2016
4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump. 1....
4 Reasons Ted Cruz is Even More Dangerous than Donald Trump.
1. Cruz is more
fanatical. Sure, Trump is a bully and bigot, but he doesn’t hew to any sharp
ideological line. Cruz is a fierce ideologue: He denies the existence
of man-made climate change, rejects same-sex marriage, wants to abolish the
Internal Revenue Service, believes the 2nd amendment guarantees everyone a
right to guns. He doesn’t believe in a constitutional divide between church and
state, favors the death penalty, rejects immigration reform, demands the repeal
of Obamacare, and takes a strict “originalist” view of the meaning of the
Constitution.
2. Cruz is a true
believer. Trump has no firm principles except making money, getting attention,
and gaining power. But Cruz has spent much of his life embracing
radical right economic and political views.
3. Cruz is more
disciplined and strategic. Trump is all over the place, often winging it,
saying whatever pops into his mind. Cruz hews to a
clear script and a carefully crafted strategy. He plays the long game
(as he’s shown in Iowa).
4. Cruz is a loner who’s willing to destroy government institutions to get his way. Trump
has spent his career using the federal government and making friends with big
shots. Not Cruz. He has repeatedly led Republicans toward fiscal
cliffs. In the Fall of 2013, his opposition to Obamacare led in a
significant way to the shutdown of the federal government.
Both men would be disasters for
America, but Ted Cruz would be the larger disaster.
February 18, 2016
Why Bernie’s Proposals Would Spur Economic Growth
president of the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, who was...
February 15, 2016
The Death of the Republican Party
February 9, 2016
What New Hampshire Tells Us
conclude that the political...
February 7, 2016
Why We Must Try
of “Yes we can,” many Democrats have adopted a new slogan this election year:
“We shouldn’t...
February 1, 2016
It Takes a Movement
change if elected President, his...
January 29, 2016
The Post’s Wrong-headed Attack on Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan
Robert B. Reich's Blog
- Robert B. Reich's profile
- 1244 followers
