A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private … - William Greider

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The Bible comes both to warn and to encourage and always to turn us again to the Lord Jesus Christ.

William Greider

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

Broad, Country, Giving, Market, Precedence, Profound

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Maybe the reason some folks lag behind in our free enterprise system is because they depend too much on the free part and not enough on their own enterprise.

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Our values are defined by what we will tolerate when it is done to others. Everyone's sense of virtue is degraded by the present reality. A revolutionary principle is embedded in the global economic system, awaiting broader recognition: Human dignity is indivisible. Across the distances of culture and nations, across vast gulfs of wealth and poverty, even the least among us are entitled to dignity, and no justification exists or brutalizing them in the pursuit of commerce.

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Money is power in American politics. It always has been.

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People know elections, like television commercials, are not real.

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Efficiency obliterates identity

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The Bible comes both to warn and to encourage and always to turn us again to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion. .

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If we could create the conditions that make racism difficult, or discourage it, then there would be less stress and less need for affirmative action programs. One of those conditions would be an economic policy that would create tight labor markets over long periods of time. Now does that mean that affirmative action is here only temporarily? I think the ultimate goal should be to remove it.

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