When corporations get special handouts from the government, subsidies and tax breaks, it costs you. It means you have to pay more in taxes to make up for these hidden expenses, and government has less money for good schools and roads, Medicare and national defense and everything else you need.
Robert ReichLook, any cut in greenhouse gases is going to be expensive for American consumers, who are in no mood to bear additional costs.
Robert ReichI was there in Washington in the `90s. It was pretty bad then. It`s much worse now [in 2015]. And that vicious cycle is you`ve got again big corporations, executives, Wall Street, very wealthy individuals in both parties who are calling the shots.
Robert ReichThe problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.
Robert Reich