"But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living."

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"But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living."

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"And so our goal on health care is, if we can get, instead of health care costs going up 6 percent a year, it's going up at the level of inflation, maybe just slightly above inflation, we've made huge progress. And by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit. That's why we did it."

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"It seems only easier when money is involved."

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"The real minimum wage is zero."

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"Major policy reform in the petroleum sector. Under the new Hydrocarbon Exploration Licensing Policy, there will be pricing and marketing freedom and a transparent revenue-sharing methodology. This will eliminate many layers of bureaucratic controls."

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"There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change."

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"And each of these perspectives comes to the same conclusion, which is that our global economy is out of control and performing contrary to basic principles of market economics."

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"In a world of increasing inequality, the legitimacy of institutions that give precedence to the property rights of "the Haves" over the human rights of "the Have Nots" is inevitably called into serious question."

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