Robert Reich served in the administrations of three presidents..

[DianaForRussFeingold]

It doesn't make sense to me that he isn't in this one

"On the topic of the economy, Reich said he favored restarting Depression-era work programs such as the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps, as well as another infusion of federal stimulus funds.

“It will be a hard sell, but when consumers (whose spending is 70 percent of the economy) won’t spend, and businesses (who are facing lackluster sales) won’t hire, government has to be the spender of last resort,” Reich wrote. “The President should ask for a trillion dollars to boost the economy. Not just on the WPA and CCC I mentioned, also infrastructure investment, also loans to cash-starved states and localities. With 25 million Americans looking for full-time work, and the cost of borrowing so incredibly low (T-bills at 2 percent), this is the only responsible thing to do.”


"Reich, who served as Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton, appeared on the “Ask Me Anything” section of the popular Internet news forum Reddit and invited readers to do exactly that.

Readers peppered Reich with questions ranging from whether he would consider running for Senate (“No.”) to his thoughts on how to create jobs in the current economy. Along the way, Reich dished on his friendship with Clinton.

“I’ve known him since he was 22,” Reich wrote. “At Oxford, as grad students, we didn’t inhale together.”

It wasn’t Reich’s only mention of marijuana. When asked for one federal regulation he would nix or replace, Reich responded, “I’d start by legalizing marijuana.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/02/former-labor-secretary-robert-reich-on-clinton-we-didnt-inhale-together/#ixzz1XlJKrmzZ

[abelenkpe]

1. I know, huh? nt

[msongs]

2. he does not endorse republican values and policies. now it makes sense nt

[SidDithers]

5. He served under Gerald Ford...

who, if I recall correctly, was an actual Republican.

Sid

[DianaForRussFeingold]

8. LOL, so he was once young and naive! --He served two Democrats since then!

In case you don't like reading-here's a great video...

Robert Reich Keynote At Summit For A Fair Economy - Full Video
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x616091

[Autumn]

3. I think it's because he's a little bit liberal.

and pretty damn smart.

[progressoid]

4. Yeah, we wouldn't want anything like that in the White House!

Funny thing is, there have been times I've heard him on NPR and I thought he sounded a little centrist. Boy, how far we've shifted in just over a decade.

[kenny blankenship]

10. An eensy-weensy bit o' liberal is enough to get you shitlisted these days

You can never be too carefuls about catching Teh Liberal.

[yurbud]

6. If Wall Street says the sky green, you better fucking say it's green or you'll never work in DC

again.

That's the bottom line.

That Reich isn't in this administration shows how little Obama cares about what Democratic voters think or want.

[indepat]

7. Reich is light years too progressive to have been asked to serve in an administration

which mostly employs right-wing initiatives as the panacea for dealing with a veritable myriad of right-wing-created mega disasters. :patriot:

[On the Road]

9. If Obama Really Wanted to Create a "Team of Rivals"

he would have included people like Reich or Krugman on the team.