Barriers Quote by Robert Kuttner
“For over a century, popular struggles in the democracies have used the nation-state to temper raw capitalism. The power of voters has offset the power of capital. But as national barriers have come down in the name of freer commerce, so has the capacity of governments to manage capitalism in a broad public interest. So the real issue is not "trade" but democratic governance.”
![“[Barack] Obama, for example, he has not given up on cap-and-trade. Now, he has not been able to pass cap-and-trade, but cap-and-trade is all about redistribution of wealth in a global basis - taking money out of this country and giving it to third-world countries on the other end of the ocean. And…” quote by Rafael Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d23/rafael-cruz-12239_able_barack-obama-for-example-he-has-not-give_2841968.jpg)
