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Thom's blog
Dear Millennials: I'm Sorry We Didn't Stop Them
 Your generation today holds only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and you're most likely struggling to own a home & are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans… Dear millennials: back in the 1980s a lot of us worked like hell to try to stop the Reagan revolution. We failed. This may be our last chance to save American democracy and the American middle-class. When my boomer generation was the same average age as your millennial generation is today, back in 1990, our generation held 21.3% of the nation's wealth. Louise and I shared in that wealth; although we were still in our 30s, in 1990 we owned a profitable small business (our fourth) and a nice home in suburban Atlanta.That was, in fact, the "American dream." It was normal then. My dad (born 1928), who worked in a tool-and-die shop, was able to buy a house, a new car every two years, and take a two-week vacation every year because the middle class in America before Reagan had a pretty damn good life. He retired in the 1990s with a full pension that let him and my mom travel the world. Your generation today, in contrast, is about the same number of people but holds only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and, if you're the same age I was in 1990, you're most likely struggling to own a home, are deeply in debt, and find it nearly impossible to start a small business.What happened? In a word, Republicans.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Dear Millennials: I'm Sorry We Didn't Stop Them
Quote: " History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes" - attributed to Mark Twain.
Tweet: " Why is it legal for big banks to borrow money from the Federal Reserve at 1.75%, then charge you over 30% interest on your credit card?
It's time to end this. We need to pass a federal cap on credit card interest rates." by Ro Khanna.
Why Haven't the Jan 6th "Member of Congress Plotters" Been Arrested? Isn't their arrest more important than those who entered the capital?
Geeky Science! How hot is too hot for the human body?
Hour Three: The Catholic Church Is Spending BIG on an Anti-abortion Constitutional Amendment in Kansas
Tweet: " Gun manufacturers & distributors have been shielded from the mass destruction they cause for too long.
Today, CA changes that.
I just signed a bill that will allow victims of gun violence to sue the makers of these deadly weapons & hold them accountable." by Gavin Newsom. |
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
I'll be talking with Spencer Schneider, Practicing attorney / contributing writer for East Magazine / Author - Manhattan Cult Story (about his experience as a member of Sharon Gans' School cult in NYC and how he escaped)
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