“You have to buy off interest groups, compromise your ideals, and settle for half loaves...” Quote by Kevin Drum
“It’s certainly true that it’s easier to be patient about change when you’re not personally suffering...” SufferingEasierPatientBe Patient Author:Kevin Drum
“In America, the economy is simply nowhere near bad enough to serve as the base of any kind of serious political revolution.” KindEnoughAmericaPoliticalEconomySeriousRevolutionPolitical Revolution Author:Kevin Drum
“My fear is that having been promised a revolution, Bernie Sanders supporters will become disgusted and cynical when Hillary Clinton and the establishment win yet again and the revolution doesn't happen.” HappensWinningRevolutionClintonEstablishmentCynicalSupporterDisgusted Author:Kevin Drum
“Rising inequality is a cultural and economic cancer on a lot of different levels.” DifferentLevelsEconomicCancerInequalityRisingDifferent Levels Author:Kevin Drum
“If I could snap my fingers and import France's health care system today, I'd do it.” IfsCareTodayFingersFranceHealth CareIf I CouldSnapsImportsHealth Care System Author:Kevin Drum
“I'd like to see college debt levels drop by a lot, but I'm not quite sure what the best way to do that is.” WayLevelsCollegeDebtBest Way Author:Kevin Drum
“I think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.” IfsThinkingWantShouldBigsGivenAcceptingRichHigherTaxesProgramIncreaseIncomeInequalityEras Author:Kevin Drum
“Some people have theorized that I lurched to prove myself intellectually. But it was not any lurch. It was more a kind of awakening.” PeopleKindProveAwakeningProve Myself Author:Jack Kemp
“If Trump really opposed the war in Iraq, all he has to do is show us the evidence. It would take five minutes. He hasn’t done it. He’s lying.” IfsWarDoneShowsLyingFiveMinutesTrumpEvidenceIraqFive Minutes Author:Kevin Drum
“The ability to focus on a single task for an extended period is a talent that’s underappreciated - especially by extroverts, who continue to exercise an unhealthy hegemony over most workplaces.” AbilityFocusTalentPeriodsExerciseTasksWorkplaceUnhealthyHegemonyExtroverts Author:Kevin Drum