I didn't know @rbreich was secretary of labor. I was a kid! How am I supposed to remember/know all these things. I thought he was like... and economic professor. He's been talking about the jobs report, interesting stuff! (I kind of love government reports, though the census is the one I get […]
@futurebird you're making me feel old. His book, Locked in the Cabinet is very entertaining. I especially enjoyed his embellished account of having lunch with the Fed Chair, "Robert ,you Bolshevik dwarf..."
@rbreich Anyway obviously this is who you should ask about this stuff.
@futurebird @rbreich Yes, under Clinton, though they didn't get along that well because Clinton was way to his right.
@not2b I was just into my 20s and when I saw the way the right treated him personally, and then the Contract for America coming in, that is what solidified me as a progressive and got me paying attention to politics because I saw how cruel the right wingers were. @futurebird @rbreich
@not2b Not really that hard...