Robert Reich

If the past few years have taught us anything, it's that:

1) Poverty is a policy choice.
2) Workers keep America going, not billionaires.
3) Corporate profits don't trickle down.
4) Health care is a human right.

The time to act on these issues is now.

Jun 21, 2023 at 9:27pmWeb
Show threadLéon PlankenJun 21, 2023
@rbreich also something about guns
Show threaddoublejayJun 21, 2023
@rbreich im convinced the last piece of the puzzle, is getting middle management, to accept they are working class. The strivers and the team leads chasing 150k think they are on the up and up. But they remain workers, exploited by capital.
Show threadJ4YC33 ❌Jun 22, 2023

@doublejay @rbreich

We need to convince the Petit Bourgeoisie that the Bourgeoisie do not have their best interests at heart. If that's even possible.

Show threadLooking for explanations…Jun 22, 2023
@rbreich In many countries.
Show threadMike HaudenschildJun 22, 2023
@rbreich 5) A publicly-funded, high quality education, independent of political influence, is not only a human right, but an imperative for a healthy, functioning republic.
Show threadRockZombieJun 22, 2023
@rbreich poverty is a product of a capitalist hierarchy, that cannot be reformed, regulated, or humanized. Call it what it is, how it’s operated; withholding food, housing, medical care, and education producing the poor. That’s how capitalism rolls. End it, end poverty.
Show threadDustin WilliamsJun 22, 2023
@rbreich It was fun realizing a few years ago that I can’t, by definition, be a capitalist because I don’t have capital. 401Ks are interesting, because they make workers who do not have capital care about the stock market.
Show threadDavid Mitchell Jun 22, 2023

@rbreich

I think money does trickle down like water, but in economics the poor live up in the dry hills, and the rich and powerful have walled off the lake and rivers and oceans for their exclusive use.
Just like a healthy ecosystem, a healthy economy needs lots of water from the oceans to rain down on the hills, and then needs a thousand wetlands and small ponds and lakes to hold the water.

Show threadLiamJun 22, 2023
@rbreich Trickle down economics is a trick.
Show threadGromsJun 22, 2023
@rbreich seems #Macron s meeting goes into that direction
Show threadk cavaliereJun 22, 2023
@rbreich #healthcare should not be bankruptcy roulette, but it is.
Show threadNutriamixJun 22, 2023

@rbreich
Homelessness, gun violence, and war are also policy choices made by our political leaders.

We need better leaders.

Show threadquexoticJun 23, 2023
@nutriamix @rbreich does it matter how good they are if they're all for sale to the highest bidder/lobbyist?
Show threadJoefallJun 22, 2023
@rbreich what about education tho? I think if we start to educate more than keeping ignorants we might just help healthcare a whole lot more
Show threadWim Turnhout 🇺🇦 🍉 🇵🇸 🇦🇴Jun 22, 2023
@rbreich Mister Reich, what on earth is going on in the USA? Thousands of books are banned from schools. Apparently by religious, rightwing extremists. Will we see public burning of books? Teachers are facing imprisonment. The Handmaid Tales for real? Good heavens, what generation will have to become mature under such circumstances?
Show threadTusketJun 23, 2023
@rbreich All of this,but especially #1. Lack is just a dream scenario for the greedy
Show threadNumber SevenJun 23, 2023
@rbreich Mean time back in, Sewage Party La La Land'. If, ToryBrexitfluent Fascist's. Are so against those demonized 'UNARIAN CHOSEN' Using the, 'N.H.S'? Why are said Bioterrorist's Pouring untreated sewage into Rivers Seàs Air Everywhere. Giving us Poliomyelitis, Cholorah, Typhoid And so it goes. Deport ToryBrexitfluent Fascist's La La Land Despots to, Rwanda.
Show threadElizabeth SweetJun 23, 2023
@rbreich Suggested edit: Workers, not billionaires, keep America going.