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I Knew Hillary Clinton From Undergraduate Days And Was Enormously Impressed With Her. She Was A Terrific Energy And Enthusiasm, And A Great Organizer. And I Knew That She Was Going To Have A Political Future.

Most Americans Are On A Downward Escalator. Median Wage In The United States, Adjusted For Inflation, Keeps On Dropping.

Here's Why I Think The Public Service Jobs Are Almost Unavoidable: When We Have Downturns In The Economy - And We Will, For We Haven't Repealed The Business Cycle - Unemployment Will Build, Yet We No Longer Have Any Safety Net. What Are We Going To Do? Unless We Decide To Pull Out All The Stops And Lower Interest Rates Immediately And Risk Turning A Recession Into Wild Inflation, We're Going To Have To Figure Out Some Way Of Providing Some More, Not Job Security, But Employment Security.

Being Critical Of The Nation Is A Far Cry From Being Unpatriotic Or Anti-american. In Fact, Most Social Criticism . . . Is Based On A Love Of America's Ideals And A Concern We're Not Living Up To Them.

Corporations Don't Create Jobs, Customers Do. So When All The Economic Gains Go To The Top, As They're Doing Now, The Vast Majority Of Americans Don't Have Enough Purchasing Power To Buy The Things Corporations Want To Sell - Which Means Businesses Stop Creating Enough Jobs.