Reich vis-a-vis Clinton: Keeping a Good Man Honest
[This is an article published April 11, 2015, NationofChange; Op-Ed penned by Robert Reich. My comments in red. Btw, I love to keep a good man honest.] At a time when average working people need a president who will fight for them, the question is whether Hillary Clinton is willing to be bold and to fight. This is a defining moment for Democrats, America and Clinton, herself. Barack Obama was a defining moment too. In my book he's running 40/60 good/bad. Even O-care would have been infinitely more effective as single-payer. So much for defining moments. It’s a paradox. Yeah, in a Zeno kind of way, and Hillary is going to bring me half the way there. 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 b...