The Democratic Party Is Dead.

Bill Clinton Was A Very, Very Good Speaker. But Like Many People Who Are Great Speakers And Great Thinkers And Have A Lot Of Energy And Ambition, He Talked Too Much.

We Can't Have Extraordinary Dynamism, Innovation, And Change In The Economy And Expect To Have Predictability And Stability In Our Personal Lives. It's Not As If There Are These Big, Giant Institutions Existing Between Us And The Economy. In Fact, These Institutions Have Become Tissue-thin. There Is No Mediation Anymore. We Are The Economy; The Economy Is Us.

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?

When Corporations Get Special Handouts From The Government, Subsidies And Tax Breaks, It Costs You. It Means You Have To Pay More In Taxes To Make Up For These Hidden Expenses, And Government Has Less Money For Good Schools And Roads, Medicare And National Defense And Everything Else You Need.

Averages Don't Always Reveal The Most Telling Realities. You Know, Shaquille O'neal And I Have An Average Height Of 6 Feet.