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Our basic human rights are being violated...
Sixty-five years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed. The Declaration was drafted by the United Nations, and chaired by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The goal of the Declaration was to strive for “inherent dignity” and “equal and inalienable rights [for] all members of the human family.” But, many people in our nation are being denied these basic human rights.
Wealth inequality and inhumane austerity measures have benefited the wealthy, while denying most of us an equal chance at a life of dignity. Poverty wages, staggering student loan debt, the foreclosure crisis, and the slashing of our social safety net – have all left the super rich unharmed, while weakening our universal human rights to own property, escape servitude, and experience real freedom. We cannot be truly free when we are fighting for basic necessities, or trapped in an abusive job just so that we can pay our student loans.
To make matters worse, disastrous free trade agreements and fiscal legislation have locked in low tax rates for the wealthy and cemented these inhumane policies in place for the future. These basic rights were bestowed upon us by our Fore Fathers, and confirmed again in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, yet they have been eroded, and they continue to get weakened every day. And, the fight to regain these inalienable rights will not be easy.
Americans must recognize that their basic human rights are being taken away, and that they deserve to be free from crushing debt and poverty wages. We must work together to prove that the words “Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness” were not just poetry, but basic human rights that we deserve.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... The Chicago boys failed in Chile (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice… frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org
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Need to Know: The Chicago boys failed in Chile- Dr. Richard Wolff, Democracy at Work 
Screwed: Why is the 1% hogging our economy?- Jack Burkman, Behind the Curtain with Jack Burkman.
Plus, Should Snowden get amnesty?- Shahid Buttar, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
The Best of the Rest...
Everything You Know Is Wrong: Does creationism belong in any classroom?- Eric Hovind, Creation Today
Daily Take: When happiness died in America...
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Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable 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.
Hour Two: Anything Goes!
Article: " Audit" by Federal Reserve.
Hour Three: Anything Goes!
Quote: "Ideally, you'd have every plant you own on a barge to move with currencies and changes in the economy." -- Jack Welch, Chairman and CEO of General Electric.
Article: " Constitution of the United States" Article 1, section 8". "... To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and of foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures;"
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: ARE Obama haters worse than Bush haters?
Hour Two: Is Medicare conspiring to register guns?- Neil McCabe, Guns and Patriots Newsletter
Hour Three: When happiness died in America...
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
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Thom's Poll
Are low wages holding back our economy?
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Watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 12/13/13: How Elizabeth Warren Is Scaring the Banksters
Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" discusses the latest school shooting in Colorado, Connecticut taking the lead on labeling GMOs and how Sen. Warren is scaring the banksters. In tonight's "Conversations with Great Minds" Thom talks with First Amendment Attorney James C. Goodale, author of the new book "Fighting for the Press."
Thom Hartmann on the News: December 13, 2013
Mass Shooters: America's Suicide Bombers
Friday the 13th: A Lucky Day?
America's Descent to Third World Status
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Not Sure I'll Vote for Budget
Brunch With Bernie: December 13, 2013
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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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