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A Reefer Journalist?

Oct. 22, 2009 7:04 pm

By Louise

Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg is ordering firms that received government bailouts to “slash compensation to their highest-paid employees.” One bank executive complained that the compensation restrictions “were clearly much worse than what had been anticipated.” Hey - read the small

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A Nation of Peons?

Oct. 21, 2009 8:08 am

By Louise

A Goldman Sachs International adviser defended compensation in the finance industry as his company plans a near-record year for pay, up 46% from last year, saying the spending will help boost the economy.

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Friday October 23 2009

Oct. 18, 2009 8:09 pm

By Louise

Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spends the hour with Thom discussing the issues and answering listener questions www.sanders.senate.gov

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Thursday - October 22 2009

Oct. 18, 2009 8:08 pm

By Louise

Hour One: What's up with the Public Option? Peter DeFazio www.defazio.house.org

Wednesday October 21 2009

Oct. 18, 2009 8:04 pm

By Louise

Hour One: Thom challenges John Lott on net nuetrality - If we don't have to pay extra for police or fire why should we pay extra for the internet? www.johnrlott.blogspot.com

Tuesday October 20th 2009

Oct. 18, 2009 7:59 pm

By Louise

Hour One: Do we sacrifice the future of a middle class in America - and the planet's health - so we can keep buying cheap goods from China?

Monday October 19th 2009

Oct. 18, 2009 7:39 pm

By Louise

Hour One: "Impeach Obama?!" Why do conservatives have to resorts to lies and exaggerations? with Floyd Brown www.impeachobamacampaign.com

Thom Hartmann Program on TV

Oct. 15, 2009 8:02 am

By Thom

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Obscene Pay?

Oct. 14, 2009 6:58 am

By Louise

Democratic underground is reporting that Goldman Sachs has a bonus bonanza - $23 billion in 2009 - double the bonus pool paid to employees in 2008. How much is $23, billion? It could have

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Payday Lending or Loan Sharks?

Oct. 13, 2009 7:28 am

By Louise

The payday lending industry, hurt by losses in states that either refused to authorize their high-rate, short-term loans or moved to regulate finance charges, isn’t giving up without a fight. Payday lenders are out in full force in Wisconsin, where a legislative battl