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

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.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

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...

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...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

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...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

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,...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

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

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

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...