Former labor secretary Robert Reich says, "The idea that most Americans have been living beyond their means is pure fantasy perpetrated by a small minority at the top whose means have gone through the stratosphere."
Robert Reich explains why you won't get rich
The former labor secretary says Washington's fiscal priorities are dangerously out of whack
Alex Halperin
March 10, 2013 7:01PM (UTC)
Alex Halperin
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