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Two years of trickle-down austerity has The U.K. officially in a second recession
The U.K. is officially in a second recession as the British economy shrank for the second straight quarter. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron whose government has been pushing trickle-down austerity for nearly the last two years called the new economic numbers, “very, very disappointing.” The U.K. joins the long list of other European nations that have pursued trickle-down austerity and watched their economies tank – like Greece, Italy, and Spain.
Meanwhile in France – Conservative President Nicholas Sarkozy is desperately trying to cling to his job against Socialist Francois Hollande who’s running on an anti-austerity platform. And in the Netherlands, the Dutch Government is in limbo after it caved to pressure and failed to pass its own austerity budget. Over the last year – we’ve seen the devastating consequences of trickle-down austerity – the job layoffs, the riots, and the suicides. And now – the politicians, banksters, and technocrats pushing trickle-down austerity in Europe are feeling the political backlash from their desperate populations.
Meanwhile – multi-millionaire Congressman Paul Ryan and the Republican Party here in the United States are pushing the same sort of trickle-down austerity – ignoring the economic consequences on full display across the Atlantic.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Doubling down...the even higher cost of higher ed (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Doubling down...the even higher cost of higher ed- Congressman Peter Welch (D-VT).
The Best of the Rest of the News...
The Global Economy at Risk- Professor Richard Wolff, New School University NYC 
Drones for urban warfare...from the middle east to mainstreet- Jeff Morley, Salon 
Daily Take: Libertarian Paradise complete w/Mad Cow Disease
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: (Tues primary recap) Blue Dogs out...progressives in- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: Dislike: Meet The Lobbyists Facebook Hired To Help The Government Spy On You- Zaid Jilani, Republic Report, United Republic
Hour Three: Is this the beginning of the end of ALEC?- Eric Havian, Attorney-Phillips & Cohen (attorney for Common Cause)
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Syndicated columnist & Democratic strategist Karl Frisch in for Thom today...
Hour One: Transgender Breakthrough EEOC ruling, and Mitt Romney and his new gay spokesman- Chris Geidner, Metro Weekly
Free Lab Chimpanzees, Free Taxpayer Dollars- Elizabeth Kucinich, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
Hour Two: ALEC's alienating political agenda- Ari Melber, The Nation Magazine / Politico
Mitt Romney and his new book "Showdown"- David Corn, Mother Jones 
Hour Three: "Democrats, Dump ALEC!" campaign- State Senator Eric Griego (D-NM, 14th district)
What goes on in "The Republican Brain"- Chris Mooney, author of "The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science and Reality"
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Thom's Poll
Students around the US are rallying today & calling for a student loan debt jubilee. Will they be successful?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Full Show 4/24/12: The End of ALEC?
Guest host Sam Sacks asks why ALEC, the ultimate lobbyist group, is exempt from paying taxes. Also discussed: our nation's next economic disaster (college debt), and when will our representatives start representing the people and start taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses the dangers of austerity and what it's doing to many European nations.
Thom Hartmann on The News-April 24, 2012
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