David Kusnet was chief speechwriter for former President Bill Clinton from 1992 through 1994. He is the author of Speaking American: How the Democrats Can Win in the Nineties and Love the Work Hate the Job: Why America’s Best Workers Are More Unhappy Than Ever; and co-author of America Needs a Raise with former AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and To Build New York: 100 Years of Infrastructure, with the General Contractors Association of New York.