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Washington DC Tuesday, December 3rd
7pm Politics & Prose
Address: 5015 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20016
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Thom's blog
The Banksters are getting off easy...
The banksters could be forced to pay tens of billions of dollars more in settlements for crashing our economy. But, these fees are just a small fraction of the price that American taxpayers paid for the economic collapse. So far, the too-big-to-fail banks have forked out about $80 billion dollars in legal fees related to the crisis, and the ratings agencies predict that the banksters will be on the hook for another 50 to 100 billion.
Although that sounds like a lot, it's simply a drop in the bucket compared to the $6 trillion dollars that their gambling cost our economy. And, many of these settlements were so-called “no-admit-no-deny” agreements that did not even require the banksters to admit to their crimes. To make matters even worse, many of these settlements could be written off of banks' taxes, which means that the actual amount that banksters are responsible for is even less than that $80 billion.
The vast majority of the cost of the last economic collapse fell to the taxpayers, and the too-big-to-fail banks have been able to consider their fees as just another cost of doing business. And, most of our lawmakers aren't doing much to prevent the next crash, let alone hold the banksters accountable for the last one. As Senator Elizabeth Warren says, the system is rigged, and Americans are fed up with the banking oligopoly. If we want any chance at stopping the next economic meltdown, we must break up the banks, and start throwing the banksters in jail for their crimes.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Big Picture Politics Panel (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
Have a question or comment for Thom? Grab your phone, hit record and send your video to YourTakeMyTake@gmail.com and we may air it on "The Big Picture."
In for Thom tonight, please welcome RT Political Commentator Sam Sacks
Daily Take: Without Reagan's treason Iran would not be a problem
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Should we end presidential term limits?- Professor Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University 
Plus, the case FOR term limits- Peter Schiff, The Peter Schiff Radio Show
Article: " 17th Amendment. " The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..."
Hour Two: Dear Conservative Alternet Trolls: America is NOT a Capitalist Country
Speech: " Social and Industrial Justice" by Theodore Roosevelt, Before the Convention of the National Progressive Party in Chicago, August, 1912. " We stand for a living wage"
Hour Three: The banksters are now setting up The Crash of 2016
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Why is left wing media silent about the real reason why Detroit is bankrupt and why healthcare.gov was overloaded?
Hour Two: Student loan debt, McJobs & no healthcare...is 'youth with dignity' possible?
Hour Three: Obamacare is working...what's your story?
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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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
We'll have all the news & information you won't hear from the corporate owned news media...
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The Thom Hartmann Program
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And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Thom's Poll
Should Amazon be allowed to use drones to deliver packages?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 12/2/13: The Banksters Are Setting Up the Crash of 2016
Thom discusses the upcoming fast food strike with McDonald's worker Marielle Crowley, "free" trade with Public Citizen's Lori Wallach and veterans issues with Actress and Activist Melissa Fitzgerald. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how the banksters have already set up the crash of 2016.
Thom Hartmann on the News: December 2, 2013
Caller: The Loop of Capitalism has Been Broken by Elitists
The Banksters are now Setting up The Crash of 2016
Dear Conservative Alternet Trolls: America is NOT a Capitalist Country
Caller: A Different way of Doing Term Limits
The case FOR term limits...
Should we End Presidential Term Limits?
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