Neera Tanden Quotes

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Neera Tanden

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : September 10, 1970

What a president does communicates a message to the American people, and, sometimes, what he does not do communicates a message as well. It can inform the public's opinion about what he thinks is wrong and what he thinks is right; what needs fixing and what is working.

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The public wants to know how things are going to get better, and the Republican Party just demonstrated its lack of seriousness to address the real challenges the country faces when it nominated Christine O'Donnell.

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The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act dramatically expanded child care provisions and Head Start.

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The Tea Parties, fueled by wealthy multimillionaires, are running extreme candidates - including women like Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell - who want to get rid of policies that help women the most.

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Despite arguments to the contrary, it matters what you say.

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Indeed, in both Wisconsin and Washington, Republicans are disingenuously using budget and deficit arguments to advance their political goals.

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Would Americans really feel better with insurance companies deciding whether they or their parents get the care they need? Probably not.

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The truth is that Republicans are not actually worried about accountability or giving Americans more health care options. They are not even worried about cutting costs: Medicare has a much lower cost per beneficiary than private health care now, so it makes no sense to privatize it in order to lower costs.

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Growth rates were highest in the 1960s at 4.55 percent for the decade, when we created Medicare, Medicaid, and the Great Society poverty programs - our greatest expansion of government.

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Even bond traders like Bill Gross acknowledge the need for direct federal help for job creation and growth.

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As a former policy director on a presidential campaign, I am sympathetic to the desire to try to propose 'new' policy ideas that sound good in a speech or a press paper.

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In the back and forth of a campaign, reporters, campaign press staff, and even the candidates can demand new policies in areas that have been well-trodden and don't typically make for exciting speeches. But a serious candidate has to put forward serious ideas to solve actual problems.

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To be sure, reforming the tax code is not enough. Strengthening the middle class will also require a positive set of policies that create more jobs with decent pay.

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Of course, not every woman is better than every man.

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It is simply unacceptable that the Trump administration would knowingly hurt the health care of Americans, their own constituents, out of spite.

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If Trump wants to serve the public, he'll put away his hatchet and sit down with Democrats to fix the ACA.

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The foundational principles of modern liberalism - civil rights and greater economic equality - took further strides during Johnson's presidency than any since the New Deal. But ironically enough, as he assumed power and ran on his own for the presidency, his presidency was feared by liberals.

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How exactly was Johnson able to pass the Great Society legislation and the Voting Rights Act? Of course, he was a savvy deal-maker. But the key to these legislative victories was the size of his election victory.

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A moderate president with strong margins in the House and Senate can achieve many more liberal goals than a liberal without the Senate.

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Part of the right-wing noise machine is really focused on telling groups of voters that 'Democrats and liberal elites hate you.'

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