Posted by Jed Lewison on Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 11:44 AM Pacific

December 2007: Bill Clinton ties economic anxiety to anti-trade, anti-immigrant politics

From 12/15/07 Charlie Rose interview

From Bill Clinton's December 15 interview with Charlie Rose:

So I think that the rise of this is sort of crystallized for a lot of people, that I think doubling healthcare premiums has had a lot to do with this -- the further loss of health insurance coverage in America. So there's a lot of economic anxiety.

In the Republican Party, it expresses itself as this sort of very hard line against immigration. In the Democratic Party, it expresses itself in a very hard line against trade. But the real problem is we haven't created enough good new jobs.

Thanks to MasterSitsu, a kossack who alerted me to this section of the interview.

December 2007: Bill Clinton ties economic anxiety to anti-trade, anti-immigrant politics

From 12/15/07 Charlie Rose interview

From Bill Clinton's December 15 interview with Charlie Rose:

So I think that the rise of this is sort of crystallized for a lot of people, that I think doubling healthcare premiums has had a lot to do with this -- the further loss of health insurance coverage in America. So there's a lot of economic anxiety.

In the Republican Party, it expresses itself as this sort of very hard line against immigration. In the Democratic Party, it expresses itself in a very hard line against trade. But the real problem is we haven't created enough good new jobs.

Thanks to MasterSitsu, a kossack who alerted me to this section of the interview.

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