Donald Trump came into government saying that he was going to drain the swamp. One of the reasons he was elected is because so many people are still concerned about all this money in politics.
Reich points out the contradiction between Trump's campaign promise to reduce corruption in politics and his current actions.
Share
More from Robert Reich
Next year, Americans will see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.
Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht.
We’re not going to tolerate taking money from Medicaid, and food stamps, and nutrition, and possibly from Medicare as well, to give a big tax cut to the richest people in America when they’ve never been as rich.