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We Shouldn't Negotiate with Economic Terrorists
Are Republicans really going to blow up the economy in the debt-limit fight? All signs point to yes. On Sunday, Republican Congressman Matt Salmon called on his colleagues to shut down the governmen,t unless President Obama agrees to significant spending cuts to Social Security and Medicare Insurance. Also – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell refused to say whether or not his party will shut down the government if they don’t get what they want in upcoming budget battles.
Unlike government shutdowns in the 1990’s, allowing the United States to default on its debt, by not raising the debt-ceiling. would be catastrophic to the global economy. Just playing with the idea back in 2011 led markets to tumble and our national credit rating to be downgraded. But Republican hostage takers are undeterred – and the cable news media is giving them cover, by not calling our just how dangerous their brinksmanship is.
President Obama must listen to Democrats in the House like Nancy Pelosi and Jerrold Nadler, who are pushing him to not negotiate with Republicans on the debt limit, and instead take executive action to raise the debt-limit on his own: either through invoking the 14th Amendment or by printing platinum coins at the Treasury.
The United States has long had a policy of not negotiating with terrorists. Today – Republicans are acting like economic terrorists – and could do far more harm to our economy by defaulting on our debt, than al Qaeda could have dreamed of. They are not to be negotiated with.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Billionaires vs "us" - this is war! (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Billionaires vs "us" - this is war!
Screwed: Hartmann vs. Selig...jobs not cuts- David Selig, Conservative Commentator & Pro-Business Advocate.
Should Democrats be negotiating with terrorists?- Neil McCabe, Human Events Online 
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Everything You Know is Wrong: Could EMP be America's biggest catastrophe- F. Michael Maloof, former security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense & author of "A Nation Forsaken, A Nation Forsaken, EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American Catastrophe.
Daily Take: Talking back to Fox News on billionaires
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Friday's Daily Stack 
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Talking back to Fox News on Billionaires
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Hour Three: Did Canada's austerity experiment work?- Dr. James Stanford, Economist-Canadian Auto Workers ( http://www.caw.ca) / Founder-Progressive Economics Forum & author "Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism"
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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Thom's Poll
Should Obama side step Congress to raise the debt ceiling?
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