America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going to be happy campers. If you're stuck on the bottom and there just isn't much churning… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
Conservatives are tougher. They fight harder, they fight for their own, and they're willing to win for themselves and they're willing to impose pain… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
“the Reagan years "produced one of the most dramatic redistributions of income in the nation's history…The income of families in the bottom decile fell… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
The liberal posture really requires a willingness to give to others, and that works, as I say, when you have an expanding pie. But… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
I think, and there's a pretty strong economic consensus on this, that at that juncture you should spend more, even though it may sound… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
America has tolerated inequality because people think they can get ahead. If you have immobility on top of inequality, then people are not going… — Thomas B. Edsall Copy Share Image
