“A successful argument for a government manufacturing policy has to go beyond the feeling that it's better to produce 'real things' than services. American consumers value health care and haircuts as much as washing machines and hair dryers.” RealFeelingsGovernmentCareValuesSuccessfulPolicyProduceHairArgumentMachinesHealth CareConsumersReal ThingsManufacturingWashingHaircutsDryersWashing MachinesHair Dryers Author:Christina Romer
“What is at stake in the debate over health care is more than the mere crafting of policy. The issue is now the identity of the Democratic Party.” CarePartyIssuesPolicyIdentityDemocraticMereDebateHealth CareStakesDemocratic Party Author:Thomas Frank
“We're going to have to invest in the American people again, in tax cuts for the middle class, in health care for all Americans, and college for every young person who wants to go. In businesses that can create the new energy economy of the future. In policies that will lift wages and will grow our middle class. These are the policies I have fought for my entire career.” PeopleWantPersonsCareYoungEnergyGrowsClassCareersEconomyCuttingMiddlePolicyCollegeTaxesHealth CareLiftsMiddle ClassWagesTax CutsNew Energy Author:Barack Obama
“Our theme is, 'Respected abroad, strong at home.' What do we mean by that? Basically that we want a strong emphasis on affordable health care and education, safer at home, positive themes. And respected abroad -- a foreign policy with alliances.” WantMeanHomeCareStrongPolicyHealth CareThemeForeign PolicyEmphasisAlliancesAffordableAffordable Health Care Author:Bill Richardson
“President Obama says he wants to put an end to the policy, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' Yeah, in the military. This is not to be confused with George Bush's policy, 'Don't Know, Don't Care.' That's a whole different deal.” KnowsWantDifferentEndsWholeCareAsksPresidentDealsMilitaryPolicyYeahDon't CareConfusedPresident Obama Author:David Letterman
“One of the things that the Affordable Care Act has done, which is advantageous to consumers, is created marketplaces, where people can go online and comparison-shop. That was very hard to do before the Affordable Care Act, especially for people who had individual insurance policies.” PeopleHardDoneCareIndividualPolicyConsumersShopsComparisonOnlineMarketplaceAffordableAffordable Care ActInsurance Policy Author:David Blumenthal
“It is when physicians are bogged down by their incomplete technologies, by the innumerable things they are obliged to do in medicine when they lack a clear understanding of disease mechanisms, that the deficiencies of the health-care system are most conspicuous. If I were a policy-maker, interested in saving money for health care over the long haul, I would regard it as an act of high prudence to give high priority to a lot more basic research in biologic science.” IfsGivingLongCareUnderstandingTechnologyClearPolicyDiseaseResearchRegardMedicinePrioritiesSavingHealth CareMakersMechanismPhysiciansPrudenceObligedIncompleteSaving MoneyDeficiencyHaulHealth Care SystemLong HaulPolicy MakersBasic Research Book:A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays Source: A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays
“My hope is that we continue to do an even better job in terms of our nation's energy policy, so that we may even further reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil and take better care of our environment in the process.” MayCareJobsEnergyNationsProcessTermEnvironmentPolicySourceOilRelianceOur EnvironmentBetter JobsEnergy Policy Author:John M. McHugh
“My legacy is going to be in affordable health care. I am willing to invest in developing that model and the policies around it.” CarePolicyWillingModelsDevelopingHealth CareLegacyAffordableAffordable Health Care Author:Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
“A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.” KnowsMenChildrenDoeCareRunningMotherFatherParentPolicyDeserveSickMadHardshipEpisodesWorkplaceDays OffMad MenSick Children Author:Barack Obama
“The white savior supports brutal policies in the morning, founds charities in the afternoon, and receives awards in the evening.” MeanLittlesLongEndsBigsCareFoundJusticeWhiteStepsMorningSupportPolicyEmotionalCharityComplexesPrivilegeSatisfactionEveningNovelistsAwardsSaviorAfternoonBrutalSlam Author:Teju Cole
“Americans are hard working, innovative, proud people who want bad government policies and high taxes to get out of the way so they can take care of their families and pursue their dreams.” PeopleWayWantHardDreamGovernmentCarePolicyHard WorkProudTaxesTake CarePursueInnovativeGovernment PolicyBad GovernmentHigh Taxes Author:Tim Walberg
“I believe we need affordable child care. I believe we need flexibility. I believe we need institutional reform and public policy reform.” NeedsBelieveChildrenCareI BelievePolicyReformFlexibilityAffordablePublic PolicyChild Care Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“I believe, unlike people that are totally free-market, laissez-faire fundamentalists, that there is an important role that the government can play - one, in providing public goods, whether it's education, health care, or other things, and two, supervising countercyclical policy - stimulus, whether it's monetary, fiscal, or otherwise.” PeopleBelieveTwoImportantPlayGovernmentCareI BelieveRolesPolicyHealth CareGoodsProvidingFree MarketStimulusMonetaryLaissez Faire Author:Nouriel Roubini