Transcript: Creating a Middle Class rant, 04 December 2008
Dec. 10, 2008 10:26 amBy georgevapThom explained that a middle class is necessary for a democracy, that a middle class is not a normal thing, and the ways one can be brought about.
December 03 2008 show notes
Dec. 8, 2008 7:29 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Show live from Air America, New York.
- Guest: Jennifer Wheary, Senior Fellow, Demos. "From Middle to Shaky Ground". Report on the declining middle class.
- Guest: Larry Beinhart, Tax Cuts: The B.S. and the Facts. Transcript.
- Guest: Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research.
- "Everything You Know is Wrong!": Guest: Mary T. Browne, "Wall Street's Psychic Adviser". Author, "The 5 Rules of Thought: How to Use the Power of Your Mind to Get What You Want".
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On the Program - Dec 8th 2008
Dec. 8, 2008 10:46 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Quote: "When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were." - John F. Kennedy
Hour One - Dr. Yaron Brook www.aynrand.orgTranscript: Larry Beinhart, 03 December 2008
Dec. 8, 2008 10:14 amBy georgevapLarry Beinhart observes that looking at US data, top rate tax cuts lead to boom then bubble then crash, bank failures, and recession or depression.
Thom Hartmann interviews Larry Beinhart, 03 December 2008
December 02 2008 show notes
Dec. 6, 2008 12:14 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Show live from the "It's Time To Talk Day" radio row at Liz Claiborne Inc, Manhattan, to raise awareness for domestic violence.
- Guest: Dr. Christian E. Weller of the Center for American Progress who says America's middle class is still losing ground.
On the Program - Dec 5th 2008
Dec. 5, 2008 11:55 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Anything Goes! Friday
Hour One - "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Two - Lamar Waldron Co-author w/Thom of "Ultimate Sacrifice" and now, "Legacy of Secrecy" www.legacyofsecrecy.comDecember 01 2008 show notes
Dec. 4, 2008 8:07 pmBy Thom Hartmann A...- Guest: Victoria Schofield. The Kashmir conflict and how it may relate to last week's attack in Mumbai. Transcript.
- On this day in 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Ala., city bus.
- Guest: Dr. Walter M. Brasch. The Media Auto Know Better: Fueling the Anti-Union Fires.
- Guest: Jonathan Alter, Senior Editor, Newsweek Magazine. Author, "The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope".
- Guest: Jonathan Tasini, Executive Director, Labor Research Association. Robert Rubin: Coward Or Liar--Or Both?
- Guest: Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Recap and update on his case. The court will hear his appeal on December 9.
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On the Program - Dec 4th 2008
Dec. 4, 2008 11:01 amBy Thom Hartmann A...Quote: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." --Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hour One - John Berlau www.cei.org Topic: Thom challenges John who says - DE-regulation is the answer!
Hour Two - Stephen Moore economist & founded Club for Growth www.opinionjournal.com Topic: Thom and Stephen debate - Tax hikes…help for the middle class or death for the economy?
Hour Three - Carrie Lukas www.iwf.org Topic: Will Carrie go into shock when Thom calls for living wage not a minimum wage?