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Thom's blog
CEOs are literally stealing workers’ wages
As CNN reports – wage theft complaints have increased 400% over the last decade – with over 7,000 lawsuits alleging wage and hour violations against employers filed just in 2011. The complaints center on workers accusing their employers of not paying them for all the hours they worked or not paying overtime that they were entitled to. Some of the companies that have had suits filed against them are Walmart, Starbucks, and Bank of America.
This is yet another consequence of our corporate capitalism model – where executives are rewarded for squeezing whatever profits they can out of a company – including nickel and dimeing their workers – or outright stealing from them – just to hit quarterly profit goals. Time to bring back business in the public interest.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... DOMA ruled unconstitutional (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Screwed: Should sugar be regulated?- David Selig, Federal Tax Practitioner.
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Occupy Pots & Pans has spread across Canada- Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet 
Daily Take: Jeff Timmer...the Willie Horton of Mitt Romney?
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Should sugar be regulated?- Julie Gunlock, Independent Women's Forum
Hour Two: How to Avoid the Austerity Trap But Still Deal With the Budget Deficit- Robert Reich, former U.S. Labor Secretary & Professor-U.C. Berkeley 
Geeky Science - High fructose corn syrup tries to pull a fast one
Implications of the John Edwards Verdict- Mike Papantonio, Attorney, Host, Ring of Fire Radio
Hour Three: Jeff Timmer...the Willie Horton of Mitt Romney?
Take Back the American Dream- Robert Borosage, Co-Director, Campaign for America’s Future
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
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Wednesday's Daily Stack 
The Big Picture- Sam Sacks, The Big Picture producer, progressive commentator
Emg. Manager shenanigans & petitions denied for wrong "font"- Tony Trupiano, Host-First Shift with Tony Trupiano
Hour Two: From Hopeful Immigrant to FBI Informant...- Jason Leopold, Lead investigative reporter-Truthout / News Junkie
Hour Three: How will the Koch's make millions if the Republicans crash the Government?
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Thom's Poll
Will we see a replay of the 2000 elections this year in Florida?
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Thom talks with Rep. Tim Bishop about legislation he's sponsored aimed at bringing "call center" jobs back to the U.S. Tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" panel discusses the new Obama attack ad produced and released by "Fox & Friends," a surprising Republican shift on Obamacare and whether Governor Rick Scott has already rigged Florida for Romney. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at why Republicans are pushing for a Greece like economic disaster in the U.S.
Thom Hartmann on the News - May 30, 2012
Virtual Blackout from National Media on Voter Suppression In Florida
Fontgate in Michigan!
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