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Thom's blog
Big Pharma is The Biggest Tax Dodger in America
The pharmaceutical industry is the single biggest defrauder of Americans taxpayers in the country – surpassing the Defense Industry for the first time. A new Public Citizen report finds that over the last twenty years the pharmaceutical industry has accounted for 25% of all violations of state and federal law when it comes to the False Claims Act.
Among the infractions include illegally promoting drugs for purposes not approved by the FDA – which is a criminal offense since it can lead to patients suffering serious illnesses – and even death. Also the pharmaceutical industry routinely overcharged federal programs like Medicaid for their prescription drugs – bilking taxpayers out of billions of dollars. Since 1991 – over 165 pharmaceutical settlements with state and federal governments has led to $19.8 billion in penalties.
According to Taxpayers Against Fraud – pharmaceutical companies are expected to pay out another $9 billion in fraud settlements this year. This is the consequence of a for-profit health care system in America – drug companies who are supposed to be manufacturing products to help us live longer and be healthier – are ACTUALLY more focused on screwing us than our well-being. It's time to join the rest of the developed world – create a non-profit healthcare system – and kick the money-changers out of our hospitals.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Debunked: the myth of the 1% job creator (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Debunked: the myth of the 1% job creator
Need to Know: Income Inequality...Too Rich for Rich People?- Nick Hanauer 
Screwed: Time for a Corporate Death Penalty?- David Selig, Federal Tax Practitioner.
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Is it possible to have a populist movement on the right?- Paul Jacob, Citizens In Charge
Geeky Science - Longer life from your morning coffee?
Occupy the Music- Matt Pless, Singer/Songwriter/Musician featured on "Occupy This Album" - Jason Samel, Singer/Songwriter/Musician and Organizer/Founder of "Music for Occupy"
Daily Take: Why Joe Biden needs to come out for pot
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Does the internet force you to live in a bubble?
Hour Two: Is it possible to have a populist movement on the right?
Geeky Science - drink coffee, live longer?
Hour Three: Occupy the PGA and a funeral for democracy- Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, Detroit Chapter of Rainbow PUSH & Highland Park, MI NAACP
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Crazy Fox news wants government run like a private equity firm
Hour Two: JPMorgan Proves We Don't Need More Regulation- David Harsanyi, Human Events, nationally syndicated columnist
Hour Three: Ron Paul...in or out? Will Libertarians rally...for Romney?- Brian Doherty, Reason magazine and Reason.com, author "Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired"
Clip: "Dank Ihrer Führung wird Deutschland sein Ziel erreichen, Heimat zu sein. Heimat zu sein für alle Deutschen der Welt." Rudolph Hess, 1934 Nuremburg rally.
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Thom's Poll
31% of US homeowners owe more than their house is worth. In Las Vegas, it’s 71%! Will the value of these homes ever return?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Crazy! A Man, A Zebra and A Parrot Walk Into A Bar...
What Exactly is & is Not "Private Equity"
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Latericeously Ugly!
True Christians are embracing gay marriage
Occupy the PGA
Lone Liberal Rumble - Again state officials in AZ look stupid
Crazy Fox News wants America run like a Private Equity Firm
Watch the Full Show
Full Show 5/23/12: Private Equity Firms Hurt America!
Thom details what private equity firms actually do, and how they harm the economy and the working class. Tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel discusses Bain Capital as a campaign issue, what would happen if we don't end the Bush tax cuts and if the birthers will ever admit defeat. Also discussed: gay marriage and the African-American community and the beginning of the Occupy PGA movement. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at what would happen if we ran the government like a business.
Thom Hartmann on the News - May 23, 2012
Thom Vs. david Harsanyi - We don't need more bank regulation?
Will Ron Paul Libertarians rally for Romney?
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 Would you like to help give a child with a very troubled background this feeling of peace? Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
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