Neera Tanden Quotes

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Neera Tanden

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : September 10, 1970

The American system of checks and balances is only as strong as the leaders who have the character and courage to enforce them.

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In my time in Washington, I've watched congressmen, senators and their advisors allow similarly stark polling data to shape their calculus on countless occasions. But the problem is polls can be amongst the worst basis for a politician to make a good decision about their self-interest.

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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has used his state's budget deficit as an excuse to attack collective-bargaining rights.

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Homelessness is a challenge we face as a nation - but it is a solvable one.

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Nikki Haley is the daughter of two parents who came to the United States for a better life for their family. Dr. Ajit and Raj Randhawa immigrated from Amritsar, India, and they are entrepreneurs who have created a multimillion-dollar business. By any measure, their story is the story of how America's liberal immigration policies enrich our country.

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After every election, the victors try to define and act on their mandate.

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Between 2009 and 2012, 95% of the country's income gains went to the top 1% of earners.

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The establishment of a 'millionaire tax' didn't drive away innovators, but allowed the state's leaders to say no to painful budget cuts and turned California into a global model for how to make an economy that works for everybody.

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Making smart investments in early childhood education could not only generate more than $7 of economic benefits over a child's lifetime for every dollar spent up front, but would also benefit our economy in the immediate term by providing parents with increased workplace flexibility.

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In pursuit of pragmatic, big ideas like universal pre-k, progressives are more than willing to talk about entitlement reforms that don't hurt beneficiaries.

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Trump's thin skin is hardly breaking news.

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Confidence men have a simple rule: never drop the con - even if you're exposed. For Donald Trump, that's a way of life.

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Of course, Trump will feed his base alternate facts as long as he can, because he knows it sustains their support for him. He knows how important his image of winning is to his most engaged supporters. And if he loses control of that image, the whole thing could crumble.

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Trump can dismiss polls, but he can't ignore people.

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We used lunch vouchers at school and food stamps at the supermarket. And after we moved out of our house, a federal subsidy allowed us to get an apartment and stay in a town with good public schools. It wasn't easy. But we eventually got back on our feet because of the investments Democrats had made to support struggling families.

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My parents got divorced when I was five. My father left for a time, and my mother had to go on welfare. She worked hard to support me and my brother. But we also had help, a lot of help.

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For decades, Hillary has championed the issues that matter to working families: child care, paid leave, equal pay. But she doesn't just talk the talk. She walks the walk.

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In fact, Hillary was the second person to call me in the hospital when my first child was born, and she was the first person to call me when my second child was born. I don't know what that says about my family, but I know what it says about Hillary: She's there for people. She has your back.

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A campaign forms the basis for the public's expectations of how the candidate will govern once in office.

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In campaigns, the attacks that candidates make against their opponents define them almost as much as their positive agenda by creating a negative narrative of their opponents.

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