Conservative objections to ObamaCare: More than just money Oct 10, 2009
An interesting article from Michael Medved on LBJ deliberately misleading the public on the cost of Medicare and Robert Reich admiringly insisted: An honest economic forecast would most likely have sunk Medicare. Top Liberal Agrees: Cost of Health Reform Could Wreck Economy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Pelosi says new tax is 'on the table' Oct 7, 2009
Wednesday, October 07, 2009. Pelosi says new tax is 'on the table. (TheHill.com)
Losing Faith in the Dollar Oct 7, 2009
According to the NYT, there is growing bipartisan support for dishing out as "Washington officials grappling with the highest unemployment in a generation." The newspaper notes that some economic heavyweights would support such a plan including, Nobel laureate Edmund S. Phelps, Dani Rodrik of Harvard and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. But the real important group to win over is Congress, and already there's signs of support. (Slate)
Support grows for creating US tax credits for new jobs Oct 7, 2009
In addition to the economists working on the proposal, some heavyweights support the concept, including the Nobel laureate Edmund S. Phelps, Dani Rodrik at Harvard University, and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. One version of the approach, to be unveiled next week by the Economic Policy Institute, a labor-oriented research organization, would give employers a two-year tax credit if they increase the size of their workforce or add significant hours of work. (Boston Globe)
Real Estate Prices Could Climb Slowly Oct 6, 2009
"We can no longer assume that housing will be as good an investment for the future as it has been," said Robert Reich, public policy professor at the University of California-Berkeley and U.S. Labor Secretary in the Clinton administration. Reich isn t predicting that buying a home will no longer be a good financial strategy, just that the value of real estate won t climb as rapidly. (Realtor Magazine Online)
summary of the case, Oct 3, 2009
Most Popular on HuffingtonPost wiW13uUKEQW708xsesDE5EWQ4kuhIZG1g27Y3%2BboDW%2BBgQRf8V%2BzLvBO6SBJGiGDtoSDJKz3vJQdU4Gh%2FIrD8nvBPpF1ZD6L W7AtzWlPdyOuVwx74QLoPxTwYv15vLoCSB8KfBDZFlyK%2Bsz9iwbf0w%3D%3D 1 of 2 HuffingtonPost Reporters 27h1mvzhZXwcBysRp3S31hzSiw93TIx7 6ekGUpaKDIoq9xbO8xd88W5lVsi07K2A 1 of 2 Don't Miss HuffPost Bloggers 1 of 2 Joe Scarborough Robert Reich Michael D. Brown Robert Redford. Get Breaking News Alerts. (Harper's Magazine)
Top Liberal Agrees: Cost of Health Reform Could Wreck Economy Oct 1, 2009
Robert Reich, who served as Bill Clinton's Labor Secretary and now teaches public policy at Berkeley, praised the new book The Heart of Power: Health and Politics in the Oval Office which described 60 years of efforts to expand the government role in medical care ... If President Obama and other advocates for sweeping health care reform are as candid as Robert Reich, the public will emphatically reject their misguided efforts to restructure one-sixth of the American economy ... Robert Reich,... (Townhall.com)
Housing Economists Predict Slow Growth Sep 30, 2009
Over the next few decades, "We can expect a gradual rise [in home values], but not the bonanza we've become accustomed to between the end of World War II and 2006, and especially the last 20 years," says Robert Reich, public policy professor at UC Berkeley and U.S. Labor secretary in the Clinton administration. The reasons for the change include the absence of pent-up demand that followed the Great Depression and World War II and the aging of the baby boomers who carried that housing demand... (Realtor Magazine Online)
Obama Juggles Super Agenda, to His Peril Sep 22, 2009
"My calculation is that, at the end of today, the president will have appeared, in terms of national print and broadcast media, about 124 times, up to this point in his term," Robert Reich, co-founder of and former labor secretary in the Clinton administration. But in all this zeal to reach the American public, Obama's ability to articulate his wide-reaching agenda pushes some analysts to ask if he has overloaded his political plate. (ABC News)
"We need new banks" Sep 18, 2009
Site Presented By Friday, Sep 18, 2009. Historian Niall Ferguson on why we won't be able to prevent financial crises in the future. (Salon)
LETTER: Keep health care plan in people's best interest Sep 18, 2009
father bob wrote on Sep 14, 2009 1:17 PM:" interesting that no one has said a word about president bush's Medicare Part D fiasco which has cost the seniors of this country a few trillion or so....and forget the "gang of six"...Following the president's speech last week, Max Baucus announced that he is more amenable to a public option. A bill will be forthcoming, he said.Two points:1. Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor, questioned on his blog last week why the "Gang" had so much power.The... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
'Too big to fail' is among the gravest failures Sep 15, 2009
Robert Reich, who served as secretary of labour in the Clinto 00004000 n administration, deserves credit for complaining about this arrangement, but not enough people are asking where the deal-making might stop. The banking sector has been facing similar constraints; if bankers criticise the Treasury or the Fed, they risk losing their gilded cages and could get a bad deal when the next bail-out comes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Obama's warning to bankers Sep 15, 2009
Robert Reich, writing at the Huffington Post. It's getting to the point where it makes little sense to listen to the President speak. (BBC News -- Europe)
Impact Man: Obama's Comeback Sep 12, 2009
Most Popular on HuffingtonPost fnZgJ3IkCfxos52rkx8wltat7BICj56pAnVcqQQknhSOGB06muBwy8MF6xzk%2BmzLm5iRVv4lJ0kqMozcxb3WgV3Jtgkt9%2BGN DyBTqoMTXF%2FZHcYZPzO9%2FvkETCsyQDgiJtbzFxwT0Tg4q4BFtywGHw%3D%3D 1 of 2 HuffingtonPost Reporters m%2Bf%2Fjl98JAZXloz6lL8Ot0Mpm20fj4yp ApYU8ZTtXgA3TNYkMqB1I9wLcM1WHzWh 1 of 2 00004000 Don't Miss HuffPost Bloggers 1 of 4 Bill Maher Richard A. Clarke Bob Kerrey Gary Hart Dan Froomkin Evan Handler Paul Begala Robert Reich. Get Breaking News Alerts. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Public health care debate rages on Sep 10, 2009
Obama has "over-learned the lesson" of the Clinton health care plan fiasco, said Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's former labor secretary, in the August edition of the Rolling Stone. Obama admitted Wednesday on ABC's Good Morning America that he "probably left too much ambiguity out there." A series of town hall meetings throughout the country in recent weeks and Wednesday night's address attempted to remedy this situation. (Daily Orange, NY)
Unemployment rate jumps to 9.7 percent Sep 5, 2009
Insight with Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary and CNBC's Steve Liesman. CNBC. (MSNBC -- Business)
Spenders are (future) savers Sep 3, 2009
"AT EVERY stage in the growth of the debt it has been seriously asserted by wise men that bankruptcy and ruin were at hand. Yet still the debt went on growing, and still bankruptcy and ruin were as remote as ever.'' So wrote great 19th-century British historian Lord Thomas Macaulay. He was referring to the English public debt, but he might as easily have been referring to the US in the 21st century. Last week the White House forecast that deficits over the next 10 years were likely to be worse... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
SWAB: Obama overlearning lessons of Clinton Sep 1, 2009
Robert Reich, the former Labor Secretary under President Clinton, admitted in an interview on ABC's "This Week" that Obama "over-learned the lesson of the Clinton years," by allowing Congress to control the healthcare debate instead of using his position as president. George Stephanopoulos, the host of "This Week" agreed with Reich's assessment of Obama's current position. (Daily Orange, NY)
In church and streets, one theme Aug 30, 2009
It s a deep, personal loss to many of us as well, said Robert Reich, former Labor secretary in the Clinton administration. He seemed to be indestructible. (Boston Globe)
Partial list of those who attended Kennedy funeral Aug 30, 2009
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Executive Director of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Peter Meade. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
The notables who attended Senator Kennedy's funeral Aug 30, 2009
Former secretary of labor Robert Reich. David Gregory, moderator of Meet the Press. (Boston Globe)
Political vacuum Aug 29, 2009
Possible appointees include Michael Dukakis, who ran for the presidency in 1988, and former Labour Secretary Robert Reich. Massachusetts is accustomed to having high-profile senators. (BBC News)
More comments about Sen. Kennedy Aug 27, 2009
FORMER U.S. LABOR SECRETARY ROBERT REICH (Source: Politico Arena). America has had a few precious individuals who are both passionate about social justice and also understand deep in their bones its practical meaning. (Dover Sherborn Tab, MA)
Is VA pushing vets to accept death? Judge for yourself Aug 25, 2009
Robert Reich, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, ABC News, Aug. 23 ... Robert Reich, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, ABC News, Aug. 23. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
JONAH GOLDBERG: 'ObamaCare' is failing Aug 20, 2009
As even Robert Reich, Clinton's Labor secretary, recently conceded, the failure to put forward a concrete proposal allows opponents to pick from a menu of scary ideas and possibilities, all of which can be labeled ObamaCare. Suspicion of bad motives is only reinforced by Obama's determination to steamroll to victory. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Fewer workers, bigger paychecks in high tech Aug 14, 2009
"Silicon Valley has been under enormous pressure to cut payrolls to compete, and anything that can either be sent abroad or done more cheaply by software has substituted for workers," said UC Berkeley Professor Robert Reich, a former labor secretary. "At the same time there is an intensifying competition for talent, because the name of the game is innovate or die," Reich said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Obamas Healthcare Horror: Heads should rollbeginning with Nancy Pelosis! by Camille Paglia, Salon Aug 14, 2009
Sarah Palin and the other people talking about "death panels" ought to be ashamedBy Robert Reich ... It's time for Obama to silence his critics with specifics about healthcare reformBy Robert Reich. (Harper's Magazine)
Health Care Reform: How It Will Affect You Aug 8, 2009
I have also shared this idea with Robert Reich, Paul Krugman, NELP.ORG, the Sierra Club, Al Gore's office at Current TV, and Noah Kotch, producer for the Today show. I hope to ge a venue to challenge President Obama and state governments to embrace this simple but very doable paradigm shift. (CBS News)
Robert Reich says Obama ready to "knock heads" on health care reform Jul 25, 2009
Robert Reich, the U.S. secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, told a conclave of healthcare executives in San Francisco Thursday afternoon that President Barack Obama needs to start knocking heads on health reform if he intends to get a major bill through Congress this fall. Reich said Obama learned from some of Bill Clinton s errors, which is why he didn t send a detailed bill to Congress that would have been dead on arrival, like the Clinton reform proposals of the early 1990s. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Former CIGNA executive talks about health care with Bill Moyer Jul 25, 2009
" or . Strategy Memos During the interview, Bill Moyers read from confidential documents drafted by America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in May and June of 2007. The documents outline a unified strategy for AHIP members to prepare for the release of Michael Moore's documentary, SICKO on June 29, 2007. You can download and read the full AHIP documents by clicking and (PDFs). The Frank Luntz memo strategizing opposition to health care reform Bill Moyers mentions in the interview. Strategy memo... (Harper's Magazine)
The One Thing Jul 24, 2009
Also in this bill, the Office of Civil Rights and the Office of Minority Health will be "maintaining, collecting and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity" to see if they can "identify gaps." When Obama's economic team was dreaming up the stimulus package, his adviser, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich said that: "I am concerned, as I'm sure many of you are, that these jobs not simply go to high-skilled people who are already professionals or to white male construction workers I... (Fox News)
Reich: Goldman, JP Morgan Should Pay Jul 22, 2009
The resurgence of JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs gives both banks more financial clout than any other players on the Street, says economist and former Clinton labor chief Robert Reich. Their strength allows the two banks to offer multi-million pay packages, possess enough economic clout to charge clients whopping fees, and gives both even more political heft in Washington, Reich says. (Newsmax)
A glimpse of a future with free health care Jul 21, 2009
Phil wrote on Jul 20, 2009 9:28 AM:" The public option does have ways that it can reduce health care costs. Read the following article from former Sec. of Labor Robert Reich:http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/24/healthcare/index.html " ... Read the following article from former Sec. of Labor Robert Reich. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Pelosi Seeks "Millionaire's Tax" Jul 21, 2009
Robert Reich describes why: From http://www ... " There is a cure, and it's current House bill HR 3200. Robert Reich describes why: From http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/16/tax_the_wealthy/ : According to the most recent data (for 2007), the best-off 1 percent of American households take home about 20 percent of total income -- the highest percentage since 1928. Yes, I know: Critics will charge that these are the very people who invest, innovate and hire, and thereby keep the economy... (CBS News)
"Last of the Survivors" Jul 17, 2009
The duo are, as Robert Reich, a Cal-Berkeley professor and former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, says, "the last of the survivors." J.P. Morgan Chase CEO James Dimon told analysts yesterday "the bank may start thinking about a range of actions that weren't on the table a few months ago, including potentially and buying back its stock," The Wall Street Journal writes. And, yes, the acquisitive Dimon is keeping his eyes open for new deals. (Slate)
The ridiculously high cost of nuclear power Jul 16, 2009
How the World Works - Salon. Site Presented By Thursday, Jul 16, 2009. (Salon)
Reich: Recovery Isn't Going To Happen Jul 15, 2009
Forget V- and U-shapes, economist Robert Reich said. Recovery isn't going to happen, period. (Newsmax)
more. Tuesday, July 14, 2009 Jul 14, 2009
(88) By Robert Reich. (87) By Cary Tennis. (Salon)
Healthcare for dunces Jul 13, 2009
Site Presented By Monday, Jul 13, 2009. Don't know your "single-payer" from the "trigger plan". (Salon)
'Co-op' scheme not real reform Jul 12, 2009
I read several other authorities stating their opposition to health care co-ops, because, as former Labor Secretary Robert Reich said: "Nonprofit health care cooperatives won't have any real bargaining leverage to get lower prices because they'll be too small and too numerous.". I read that an executive of Kaiser's Group Health co-op admitted that the co-op's rates are similar to private insurers' and its payment structure is also "pretty much" the same. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Three reflections on the economy Jul 11, 2009
One is an from former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. He rhetorically asks when the recovery will begin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Are Business Executive Overpaid and Corrupt? Jul 10, 2009
Theres an economic case for the stratospheric level of CEO pay which suggests shareholders- even if they had full say would not reduce it, writes Robert Reich, the outspoken Labor Secretary under Bill Clinton and now a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley ... My former law school classmate Robert Reich who has argued for forty years for activist government, higher tax rates and closer corporate regulation-- nonetheless recognizes that executive... (Townhall.com)
Red State Update: Al Franken?! What has this country come to? Jul 3, 2009
Josh Kornbluth interviews Robert Reich. This is an excerpt from an hour-long conversation with former U.S. Labor Secretary (and current University of California at Berkeley professor) Robert B. Reich. (Salon)
'Being together with them warms the heart,' Romney says at portrait unveil Jul 3, 2009
Whitney has also painted portraits of former Boston Cardinal Archbishop Humberto Sousa Medeiros, and former U.S. labor secretary and onetime Romney campaign foe Robert Reich. Romney noticed his work when he visited the New Hampshire capitol and saw former governor John Sununu s and former governor and current Sen. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Pool our health resources Jul 2, 2009
Robert Reich Challenges Senate Democrats to Fight for Public Health Insurance Option to Control Costs. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich today urged Senate Finance Committee Democrats to condemn false "bipartisanship" standing in the way of President Obama's overhaul to the nation's health care system. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Romney returns to the State House for a cameo role Jul 1, 2009
Romney s painting was done by Richard Whitney, a New Hampshire artist who has also been commissioned to depict US Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, former secretary of labor Robert Reich, and former New Hampshire governor John Sununu. Romney said that Patrick let him come into the corner office on a Sunday so he could pose for pictures that were the basis for the painting. (Boston Globe)
The art and folklore of Japanese raccoon dog testicles Jun 25, 2009
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's pseudo-secretary of labor, said as much ... (113) By Robert Reich. (Salon)
much more. Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Jun 23, 2009
Site Presented By Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009. Healthcare makes a miraculous recovery. (Salon)
Barack Hoover Obama? Jun 23, 2009
Robert Reich, Bill Clinton's pseudo-secretary of labor, said as much. "The only practical purpose I can imagine for the bailout is to slow the decline of GM to create enough time for its workers, suppliers, dealers and communities to adjust to its eventual demise," he wrote last month in the Financial Times. (Salon)
How Obama Can Get A Health Care Deal Jun 23, 2009
Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich called for more drastic action: Put everything else on hold. By pushing everything at once, you take the publics mind off the biggest goal, diffuse your energies, blur your public message and fuel the demagogues who say youre trying to take over the private sector. (CBS News)
Sunday's TV news shows Jun 22, 2009
and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Labor Secretary Robert Reich ... and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. (San Francisco Chronicle)
California jobless rate hits record high Jun 21, 2009
"The West is where houses are being abandoned most quickly, because it has the largest percentage of the population under water -- owing more on their houses than they're worth," said Robert Reich, labor secretary under President Bill Clinton and now a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. "They lose their capacity to borrow. All of that means that they can't buy very much.". (Fresno Bee)
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows Jun 20, 2009
and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. . (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
GM Bankruptcy Plan: Cut 21,000 More Jobs Jun 1, 2009
"---Not really, and here are the facts. America owes its middle class to decades of union membership by Americans. The GOP war against unions puts downward pressure on wages and threatens destruction of American middle class prosperity. Quite simply, middle class real income has made no gains over the last decade because little of the money is being shared by management. A Livable Wage--A livable wage is the real issue-- a wage that lets a union family buy the house in about 30 years, affords... (CBS News)
Winners And Losers In GM Bankruptcy May 31, 2009
Robert Reich explains the radical concentration of wealth just before the Great Depression probably helped create that epic economic disaster. Not surprisingly, only when unions began to flourish in the 1930's did wealth begin to reach more Americans. (CBS News)
NH artist completes work on Romney portrait May 29, 2009
Jim Webb and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. By tradition, the portrait will hang in the lobby of the Governor's Office. (Concord Monitor)
School reopens after threat of explosives May 29, 2009
Whitney is known for his realistic paintings and has previously painted Senator Jim Webb of Virginia and Robert Reich, former labor secretary. By tradition, the portrait will hang in the lobby of the governor's office. (Boston Globe)
O, INCORPORATED May 29, 2009
As the next logical step, former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich has proposed putting public directors on the boards of all companies in which the government has an ownership stake. "In exercising their oversight function," Reich writes, "they should seek guidance from the president and his top economic officials.". (New York Post -- Opinions)
University graduates 2,000 May 24, 2009
Past UNH commencement speakers include Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, actor and UNH alumni Mike O'Malley, actress Meryl Streep, journalist Gwen Ifill, White House advisor David Gergen, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, filmmaker Ken Burns, Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. "In reflecting on your situations and on my 26-year business career, I recognized that you are beginning your journeys exactly as I began my business: broke, clueless about the... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Lessons from the Match King May 14, 2009
" ...Where is the outrage and the letters from Senator Boxer and Congressman Waxman decrying the Friday afternoon release, calling for investigations and alleging manipulation of the science and the law? Where are the press releases and lawsuits from the environmental groups? Where are the two people who dressed up as polar bears and crashed Sen. Kempthorne's press conference? Where are the breathless and indignant above-the-fold, page one newspaper stories? And the cute photos of the polar... (Salon)
Corporate self-medication May 12, 2009
Site Presented By Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Private health-insurance companies get ready to self-medicate. (Salon)
Top Minds in Real Estate Unite for NAR Summit May 12, 2009
Among the keynote speakers: Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, and Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve Board Chairman, head up the summit s all-star cast of speakers. Also on the docket are Sheila Bair, director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.; conservative commentator Pat Buchanan; former U.S. Rep. (Realtor Magazine Online)
Transcript: National Security Adviser Gen. James Jones and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. May 11, 2009
That and the rest of the week's politics on our roundtable with George Will, Cokie Roberts, Sam Donaldson, and Robert Reich. And as always, the "Sunday Funnies.". (ABC News)
Can cost-cutting through layoffs help firms report profits? May 8, 2009
"As corporations cut payrolls and deleverage they are acting perfectly rationally," said Robert Reich, the former US Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton who now teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. "But if that's what every corporation does, we're going to end up with far more job losses and in a deeper economic hole. Who's going to be left to buy all the goods and services these companies produce?". (India Times)
Obama to seek domestic spending hikes May 7, 2009
Joining me now is Robert Reich, former secretary of labor for President Clinton, and author of "Supercapitalism," talks about what this new budget might mean. The Ed Show. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
