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...Jacob criticized what he called Reagan's "counter-revolution" in social policy, saying the Reagan Administration is trying to change the ethical foundation on which domestic policy is built. He said if the U.S. continues to cut support for social programs, the nation will fall to "the status of a second-class world power...
...close of his remarks, Jacob presented a three-pronged plan to correct social inequality. The U.S. must provide "a universal employment and training system, educational reform, and a social welfare program stressing work and development," Jacob told the crowd...
...After Jacob concluded his remarks, a pair of Harvard scholars elaborated on the themes of his address. Both agreed with the civil rights leader's condemnations of the nation's social policies but prescribed different means for promoting greater social justice...
Assistant Professor of Law Randall Kennedy said he agreed with most of what Jacob had said, but criticized Jacob's vision as "too modest...
...called Jacob "trapped in nostalgia for the mediocre welfare state of the New Deal." Kennedy said the U.S. requires "revolutionary change...