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Robert Reich

Robert B. Reich, a co-founder of The American Prospect, is a Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. His website can be found here and his blog can be found here.

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Surplus Silliness

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

The Wall Street Journal

The Congressional Budget Office, in a report released yesterday, says the government will be forced to take $9 billion from the so-called Social Security surplus in fiscal year 2001 to make ends meet. The news undoubtedly will elicit a new round of fancy-dance explanations from the Bush administration for how it plans to avoid dipping into the Social Security surplus next year, and will add more fuel to the Democrats' charge that the president's tax cut has put Social Security in jeopardy. Expect the decible level to grow when Congress returns to Washington and both sides go to battle over the 2002 budget.

Numbers Racket

Pandemonium

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

As more Americans become disengaged from politics, America's political class has declared civil war. The 2000 election is a case in point. Prior to election day, it was dull, lifeless, and tightly scripted. The candidates fulminated over their differing versions of prescription drug benefits. Half of America's eligible voters didn't even bother voting.

You can't have it both ways, Al…

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

The London Observer

The Democrats May Be Hoist on Clinton's Own Petard

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

The Los Angeles Times

In this election cycle, those 'issues ads' he created last time are likely to be
exceeded by the GOP.

How Challengers Go From 'Wow' to 'Oops'

Robert ReichDec 19, 2001

The Wall Street Journal

Pundits have a host of explanations for why Bill Bradley's and John McCain's
candidacies failed: Mr. Bradley failed to respond to Al Gore's attacks; Mr.
McCain blundered in attacking the religious right; Mr. McCain stole Mr.
Bradley's thunder; the public isn't that interested in reform after all.

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