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The American Dream Hinges on Organized Labor
That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Center for American Progress looking at data from the Pew Research Center. The study looked at unionization rates within states and found that states with the highest percentage of unionized workers also have the highest rates of economic mobility – as in, the chances that someone born into the middle class can work their way into the upper class.
Being able to come from nothing and live a successful life is the basis of the American Dream. Unfortunately, the United States now lags behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to economic mobility.
Today, more than 2/3 of Americans born in the bottom-fifth income bracket – will stay in the bottom two-fifths income brackets their entire lives. A lot of that has to do with a 32-year war against organized labor starting with Ronald Reagan. The study concludes by showing that just a ten-percent boost in unionized workers in an average state would increase economic mobility by 4%.
It’s time to bring democracy back to the work place through unions and give workers a shot at what they’ve been promised – a shot at the American Dream
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... David Cay Johnston, Journalist (Pulitzer Prize recipient, 2001, at NYTimes) / Author...latest is "THE FINE PRINT" / Teaches at Syracuse University College of Law (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Conversations with Great Minds - David Cay Johnston, Journalist (Pulitzer Prize recipient, 2001, at NYTimes) / Author...latest is THE FINE PRINT and it examines how monopolies are alive and well in America, preying upon those who can least afford to pay extra fees for basic services like water, phone service, electricity and more. Previous books, "Perfectly Legal" and "Free Lunch" / Teaches at Syracuse University College of Law 
Daily Take: Is America moving back to the left?
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Thursday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." -- William O. Douglas, Judge (1898-1980).
Hour One: Social Security and budget deficits - Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Occupy Police...rank & file stand up for free speech- Brian Austin, Detective-Madison, WI Police Dept. and Board Member-Madison Professional Police Officers Association (MPPOA)
Watch The Big Picture in High Definition on Hulu.
Hour Two: How Headstart helps kids, how President has supported Headstart, education- Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, National Director-Office of Head Start, Administration for Children and Families division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Geeky Science rocks!
Quote: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." George W. Bush. Bible: Matthew 7:15 "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.?" Bible: Matthew 7:16 "By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?"
Hour Three: Have we all overlooked Romney's real motivation for winning?
Quote: "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." -- John Kenneth Galbraith.
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too...
Hour Two: Obama supports vets & families / anniversary of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"- Senator Max Cleland (Obama campaign), former U.S. Senator (D-GA)
Hour Three: Anything Goes on Townhall Friday
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have the latest news and information from the campaign trail...
Plus, Mitt Romney releases his 2011 tax returns...is it enough?
And, we'll have the best of the rest of the news and always your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"...Democracy begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Has the decline of unions shattered the American Dream?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Surprise! Another Financial Meltdown on the Horizon
Just Asking - Does Mitt Romney Think he's Jesus - Who'll Save America?
Geeky Science Rocks! Why Pictures Can Sway Your Moral Judgment
Taking Our Country Back - Jim Graves running against Michelle Bachmann
The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Vertiginously Ugly!
Actor/Activist Richard Belzer on "Dead Wrong"
GOP says 'lazy people' shouldn't vote
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 9/20/12: Romney Goes Dark
Thom talks about the latest efforts from the right to suppress the vote with "Ring of Fire Radio" host Mike Papantonio. Also discussed: Actor Richard Belzer on his new conspiracy theory book "Dead Wrong," economist Max Fraad Wolff on why the bailed out banks are taking big financial risks and whether Romney darkened his skin for his Univision interview. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses Romney's Mormon belief in the "White Horse Prophecy," and why this may be the reason he's running for president.
Thom Hartmann on the news - September 20, 2012
Brian Austin - Police join with Occupy & Free Speech
Yvette Sanchez Fuentes - save the Head Start Program
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - Progressives fight for Social Security
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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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