Robert Reich: Hypocrite

Ex-Labor Secretary Robert Reich is always complaining about the greed of capitalists. If he himself is not a Marxist, he comes pretty close to it. Now comes Fox News informing us that the great anti-greed, anti-capitalist Reich is making $240,000 for teaching one course at UC Berkeley.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/08/06/ex-clinton-official-robert-reich-delivers-lecture-on-greed-while-earning-240g/

Just for the record, I teach one course per quarter at UC Irvine Extension as a part-timer. I presently get paid 64+ dollars per hour at two hours a day, five times a week for 10 weeks. I'll let you do the math. And I am not complaining. I live off my government pension and do this job basically to get out of the house and earn a little beer money.

But anti-greed Reich here is making money that falls into line with say, a vice chancellor's salary. And let's face it. Do you think Berkeley would have hired this guy had he not been Bill Clinton's labor secretary? I think not. In other words, Reich is cashing in on his government service. I don't begrudge him that nor his salary because I am a capitalist.

But maybe Reich should stop complaining about greedy capitalism since he is enjoying the fruits of it.