In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy the products produced, work happily for their wages, and leave all of the significant economic decisions to the capitalists.

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The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

The Clinton tax increase - which was an increase in taxes primarily on upper-income people...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.

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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

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I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most...

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Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

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It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

I'm used to being in the minority. I'm a left-handed gay Jew. I've never felt,...

The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give...

The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give...