Another New Book
Former Clinton Secretary of Labor, Robert Reich has a book out. The title of which is: Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America.
As a friend of mine loves to point out, any book with a colon in the title is a popular work masquerading as an academic work. I have found that there is more than a bit of truth in his observation.
Nevertheless, this book is going on my reading list. I have listened to Reich a lot since his stint in the Clinton administration, and he is always engaging and never condescending - Reich is a regular on NPR's weekly Marketplace.
I read a review of the book that gives much of it away, but that's okay.
Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
pbs forecast: Expect "Radcon" to achieve some popular usage. It's Reich's term for the 'slash and burn' economic policies that Gingrich/Limbaugh/Reagan/Bush have endorsed. If you can't eliminate it, as in Social Security, privatize it. This rewards their big donors. In place of the "social contract", the same group of "Radcons" has delivered crippling blows to our future with deficit spending, and a seriously out of control expansion of the DoD budget while almost eliminating taxation on the extremely wealthy.
From what I've read about the book, it offers a pretty convincing case, and Riech is a really effective communicator.
One added bonus is the title, I'm sure it was aimed at Ann Coulter's Treason: Liberal Treachery..blah.
At this rate, I'm going to have to start a pure bs money raising campaign. Nah. I can afford it.
If you've read the book, or have alternate information about it, leave a comment.
As a friend of mine loves to point out, any book with a colon in the title is a popular work masquerading as an academic work. I have found that there is more than a bit of truth in his observation.
Nevertheless, this book is going on my reading list. I have listened to Reich a lot since his stint in the Clinton administration, and he is always engaging and never condescending - Reich is a regular on NPR's weekly Marketplace.
I read a review of the book that gives much of it away, but that's okay.
Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America
pbs forecast: Expect "Radcon" to achieve some popular usage. It's Reich's term for the 'slash and burn' economic policies that Gingrich/Limbaugh/Reagan/Bush have endorsed. If you can't eliminate it, as in Social Security, privatize it. This rewards their big donors. In place of the "social contract", the same group of "Radcons" has delivered crippling blows to our future with deficit spending, and a seriously out of control expansion of the DoD budget while almost eliminating taxation on the extremely wealthy.
From what I've read about the book, it offers a pretty convincing case, and Riech is a really effective communicator.
One added bonus is the title, I'm sure it was aimed at Ann Coulter's Treason: Liberal Treachery..blah.
At this rate, I'm going to have to start a pure bs money raising campaign. Nah. I can afford it.
If you've read the book, or have alternate information about it, leave a comment.
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