Income tax in particular in the United States is concentrated on the top half of the income distribution, and very heavily skewed towards the top 10 or even top 1 percent.

It's very typical that when two people are having lunch, they put a phone on the table between them.

I think one can see the [Donald] Trump program as if it were that element of the bailout of 2009 writ very large, and now extended out towards both fossil fuels, and, on the other hand, the infrastructure program, which is such a key element of the spending side of the Trump program.

I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.

You have to be careful, because, in the [Donald] Trump stimulus package, there were two elements. One is the infrastructure investment program, which at this moment doesn't have the financing spelled out in any effective form.

Every news organization should ideally be as broadly representative as possible.

We haven't learned to be the majority party. We haven't learned how to lead. We're still stuck in the opposition.