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Billionaire says the rich are not job creators!
One of our nation's richest men, billionaire Nick Hanauer, just destroyed the GOP's economic talking points. In a testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Hanauer explained why rich people like him are not, in fact, the real job creators. He said, “In the same way that it's a fact that the sun, not earth, is the center of the solar system, it's also a fact that the middle class, not rich business people like me, are the center of America's economy.”
Hanauer talked about a “virtuous cycle,” where middle class consumers have enough money to buy things, which stimulates the economy and creates more jobs. Nick Hanauer was an original investor in Amazon.com, and he founded the company that became Overstock.com. He said that as an investor, he helped start dozens of businesses, but he added, “if no one could have afforded to buy what we had to sell, my businesses would have all failed, and all those jobs would have evaporated.”
During his testimony, Mr. Hanauer called for higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, and said that money should be used to invest in our middle class. He said, “Prosperity is built from the middle out.” Nick Hanauer understands that we must invest in our nation to get our economy growing again... hopefully, our lawmakers were listening.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... I want my bureaucrats back (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: I want my bureaucrats back
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Revealed! Letters From Republicans Seeking Obamacare Money- Lee Fang, The Nation Magazine 
How did conservatives take the law back from liberals?- Professor Michael Avery, "The Federalist Society: How Conservatives Took the Law Back From Liberals"
Daily Take: Sensible security vs. utopia...is it too late to choose?
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Friday's Daily Stack 
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Live from the UN:- Boaz Paldi, UN Development Program
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A new study on violence against indigenous girls, adolescents and young women brings widespread human rights violations into focus- Sarah Crowe, UNICEF
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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Conversations with Great Minds - Ms. Gloria Steinem - How does America recover from Patriarchy? P1
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