It's Very Hard To Establish An Economy

We Already Have An Annual Wealth Tax On Homes, The Major Asset Of The Middle Class. It's Called The Property Tax. Why Not A Small Annual Tax On The Value Of Stocks And Bonds, The Major Assets Of The Wealthy?

I Think Re-engineering Or Restructuring Or Downsizing Or Rightsizing Or Whatever You Want To Call It, It's Basically Firing, Has Gone Way Too Far. Employees, As I've Talked To Them Across The Country, Feel That They Are Not Respected, They Are Not Valued, They Are Worried About Their Jobs. They Simply Feel That The Company Is No Longer Loyal To Them. Why Should They Be Loyal To The Company, They Ask Me. Why Should I Go The Extra Mile? Why Should I Care?

You Ask, "could We Have An Honest Discussion About Earnings Insurance?" I Think We Could, If People Understood That The Alternative Was To Build Up A Backlash Against Global Capital, Against Free Trade, Against Technological Change.

We Are Paying Teachers Who Are In Charge Of Our Human Capital, Arguably More Important Than Our Financial Capital, A Very Tiny Fraction Of What Wall Streeters Are Paid.

You`ve Got To Just Follow The Money [in Washington]. You See It. There`s No Countervailing Power.