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Robert Reich: We Can Either Have Billionaires or a Democracy, But We Can’t Have Both
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MSNBC / MS NOW
Name: MSNBC / MS NOW
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
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Morning Joe
Name: Morning Joe
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/
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Robert Reich
, Joe Scarborough
Name: Robert Reich
Employment: University of California, Berkeley
Position: Chancellor's professor of public policy
Name: Joe Scarborough
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Host, Author
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12/17/2024 09:37 am
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SCARBOROUGH So Mr Secretary ░░░░░░░░ appreciate you being on ░░░░░░░░ show I ve been ░░░░░░░░ to talk to you ░░░░░░░░ this for some time ░░░░░░░░ It seems that further ░░░░░░░░ get into the nominations ░░░░░░░░ more we see that ░░░░░░░░ really is looking more ░░░░░░░░ more like an administration ░░░░░░░░ government for the billionaires ░░░░░░░░ by the billionaires So ░░░░░░░░ do you find to ░░░░░░░░ the gravest threat of ░░░░░░░░ an accumulation of wealth ░░░░░░░░ the top of the ░░░░░░░░ States government REICH Well ░░░░░░░░ good morning and Mika ░░░░░░░░ morning to you I ░░░░░░░░ the biggest problem with ░░░░░░░░ so many billionaires at ░░░░░░░░ top of government is ░░░░░░░░ billionaires don t exactly ░░░░░░░░ how normal people live ░░░░░░░░ secondly and perhaps more ░░░░░░░░ the way people get ░░░░░░░░ the top of the ░░░░░░░░ Administration is by providing ░░░░░░░░ lot of money I ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk contributed the ░░░░░░░░ data I ve seen ░░░░░░░░ that Elon Musk contributed ░░░░░░░░ in the order of ░░░░░░░░ million to getting Trump ░░░░░░░░ And he has made ░░░░░░░░ the Trump election in ░░░░░░░░ of his actual net ░░░░░░░░ he s increased his ░░░░░░░░ worth by 170 billion ░░░░░░░░ the Trump election Now ░░░░░░░░ s pretty good return ░░░░░░░░ investment And the reason ░░░░░░░░ is such a high ░░░░░░░░ on investment and a ░░░░░░░░ return for many of ░░░░░░░░ other billionaires and multimillionaires ░░░░░░░░ the Trump Administration is ░░░░░░░░ they re no longer ░░░░░░░░ the markets assume they ░░░░░░░░ no longer going to ░░░░░░░░ to be worried about ░░░░░░░░ many regulations as many ░░░░░░░░ they ll have a ░░░░░░░░ cuts an extension of ░░░░░░░░ Trump tax cuts they ░░░░░░░░ have in other words ░░░░░░░░ the things they wanted ░░░░░░░░ they bargained for when ░░░░░░░░ put money into the ░░░░░░░░ campaign That s the ░░░░░░░░ And as Lewis Brandeis ░░░░░░░░ great jurist in America ░░░░░░░░ years ago at the ░░░░░░░░ of the last gilded ░░░░░░░░ he was reputed for ░░░░░░░░ he said America has ░░░░░░░░ choice we can have ░░░░░░░░ great wealth in the ░░░░░░░░ of few people or ░░░░░░░░ could have a democracy ░░░░░░░░ we can t have ░░░░░░░░
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