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Thom's blog
Dear Millennials & Zoomers: I'm Sorry We Didn't Stop Them
 Millennials today hold only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and, along with Zoomers, struggle to own a home & are deeply in debt. What happened? In a word, Republicans… Dear Millennials and Zoomers: back in the 1980s a lot of us worked like hell to try to stop the Reagan revolution. We failed. The next two years may be our last chance to save American democracy, our environment, and what's left of the American middle-class. When my Boomer generation was the same average age as the 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. Millennials today, in contrast, are about the same number of people as Boomers were in 1990 but hold only 4.6% of the nation's wealth and, if they're the same age I was in 1990, they're most likely struggling to own a home, are deeply in debt, and find it nearly impossible to start a small business.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Wednesday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: In for Thom today, Jefferson Smith, Host - Democracy Nerd podcast...
How do we make technology work for a more vibrant & inclusive democracy?- Peter MacLeod, CADE Chair and principal for MASS LBP - based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Article: " OECD" by Wikipedia.
Tweet: " If President Trump continues this tone and delivers this message on a consistent basis, he will be hard to beat.
His speech tonight, contrasting his policies and results against the Biden Administration, charts a winning path for him in the primaries and general election." by Lindsey Graham. Law: " 14th Amendment Section 3, July 9, 1868 " No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability".
Hour Two: Polling shows 2022 voters supported Democratic Ideals...- Grace Adcox, MA, Polling Analyst, Data for Progress
Hour Three: Should elections be won or lost on the popular vote? Jeff takes your calls...
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET
Jefferson Smith will be in for Thom
He'll be talking with Justin Krebs, Campaign Director - MoveOn.org
And, the best of the rest of the news along with your calls right here on...
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And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Corporate Greed Is Causing Inflation But The Rich Blame Workers?
Is This Start of A New Housing Crisis?
Who Really Controls Congress Now? Featuring Adam Green
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