Thom Hartmann's crazy alert.

There used to be a time in America - when as the country grew wealthier - everyone got wealthier. Following World War 2 - as Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was taking hold - and a third of the workforce was unionized - and we protected our domestic manufacturing industries - and corporate monopolies were illegal - EVERYONE got wealthier in America. And then something happened.

Thom discusses President's Obama new executive order to move forward without the help of Republicans in Congress with his "We Can't Wait" campaign. Later in the show, he highlights the Republicans effort to sabotage election votes and voter registration in the state of Florida.

Ginger McCall, EPIC Open Government Counsel and IPIOP Program Director joins Thom Hartmann. If the FBI doesn't know where to find you now - it will soon. Beginning in January - and continuing over the next few years - the FBI will be setting up its Next Generation Identification - or NGI service - giving law enforcement an impressive new tool to track down criminals - or just keep tabs on the rest of us. This new NGI system will expand the FBI's current database - comprised mostly of fingerprints and mugshots - with new biometric identifiers - things like iris scans, palm prints, photos, and voice data. Also - with the help of new facial recognition software that will be up and running in all 50 states within three years - finding just about anyone will be easier than ever for law enforcement. Currently - the FBI has over 70 million subjects in its master database - and more than 31 million sets of fingerprints - that's as many files as roughly one-third of the population...and counting. So as much as we all like the idea of criminals being found quicker and easier - what does this new technology mean for the rest of us who aren't criminals? Could the FBI's new high-tech roll-out be disastrous for individual privacy?