full show 52312: private equity firms hurt america
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thom details what private equity firms actually do and how they harm the economy and the working class tonight039s quotlone liberal rumblequot panel discusses bain capital as a campaign issue what would happen if we don039t end the bush tax cuts and if the birthers will ever admit defeat also discussed: gay marriage and the african-american community and the beginning of the occupy pga movement in tonight039s quotdaily takequot thom looks at what would happen if we ran the government like a business

thom hartmann vs a caller - free market capitalism
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thom hartmann debates a caller over free market capitalism

hartmann: gop admits they039re quotfrightened to deathquot by ows
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zaid jilani think progressorg join039s thom hartmann one day after occupy los angeles was evicted - the la city council plans to pick up their message next week - the city council will be voting on a resolution calling for congress to amend the constitution to end corporate personhood - one of the primary demands of the ocuppy wall street movement voters in boulder colorado and missoula montana have passed similar resolution this is just the latest victory for the 99 movement - that has managed in just two months to steer debate in america away from deficit reduction and austerity - and toward job creation and wealth inequality so needless to say - conservatives - and their campaign donors who reside comfortably in the 1 - are a little worried so - in their latest effort to silence the voice of occupy wall street - they039ve reached out to their favorite wordsmith - right-wing pollster frank luntz that039s right - the guy who brought us quotdeath panelsquot in an effort to kill meaningful healthcare reform - and quotjob creatorsquot in an effort to keep the bush tax cuts in place for millionaires and billionares - is now targeting occupy wall street this week - luntz attended an event in florida with the republican governors association - and admitted that he039s quotfrightened to deathquot by occupy wall street because it039s quothaving an impact on what the american people think of capitalismquot

why gen y has minimum rage
Bookmarked 723 weeks ago
all across the nation - a new generation of young americans are graduating from college - armed with degrees and ready to start a career unfortunately - in an economy scant on job prospects - they039re having a very difficult time rather than finding a slot on a career track - many are stuck in dead-end jobs with no benefits - no healthcare - no retirement contributions - and up to their eyeballs in student loan debt every one of us knows someone who fits this description and since paul ryan039s budget proposal released today cuts student loan assistance and federal health insurance programs - then there039s no relief in sight for millennials just trying to find their footing in this unfavorable economy for more on the plight of young college graduates - thom is joined by nona willis aronowitz - associate editor at quotgoodquot magazine ampamp co-author of the book: girldrive

only big government can save the american dream
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will we choose the future in which a middle class can thrive again in america like it did for 50 years after the new deal until ronald reagan blew everything up if you want the american dream back - go to college without debt have a good job and reliable healthcare live knowing that an accident or illness won039t wipe you out - then work to kick these radical reactionary republicans out of government

are peaceful societies normal
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john horgan center for science writings joins thom hartmann war - what is it good for the song will tell you quotabsolutely nothingquot - and new research suggests it doesn039t have to be part of human nature at all modern history will teach you that war is an inevitable part of american culture - after all - we039ve been involved in over a dozen wars or conflicts over the last century but is modern history the exception - and not the rule could it be that the true nature of humans is to be peaceful

the banksters got bailed out - now it039s time for students
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congressman hansen clarke d-mi 13th district joins thom hartmann students go to college to get the education needed for a long and prosperous career the only problem is - the jobs aren039t there how are young college grads suffering from coast to coast - and what is one member of congress doing to give them some much needed help four years ago the banks got bailed out - now it039s time for america039s students to get the help they need

crazy alert westboro baptist church - god hates figs
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westboro baptist church - god hates figs

national paranoia killed trayvon martin
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how many more kids - particularly minority kids - will be murdered by frightened men like zimmerman before these quotstand your groundquot laws that give killers immunity are dismantled

the good the bad and the very very valetudinariously ugly
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the good senate democrats senate democrats are again trying to repeal the tax incentives given to big oil the bad rick santorum campaigning in illinois yesterday - santorum told this to a crowd of supporters that he doesn039t quotcarequot about unemployment and the very very ugly chicago police two members of a chicago television station were told by an irritable cop sunday that quotyour first amendment rights can be terminated if you039re creating a scene or whateverquot

full show 32012: why does paul ryan hate the middle class
Bookmarked 723 weeks ago
thom discusses paul ryan039s 2013 budget and why it would further hurt the middle class and working americans also discussed: what one congressman is doing to help college graduates with their ever increasing college loan debt and thom gives his take on the shooting murder of trayvon martin in tonight039s quotdaily takequot thom looks at how germany is making history with their revolutionary alternative energy plan

germany to make history with alternative energy
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here039s a quottale of two citiesquot - or two countries actually germany and the united states one country is preparing for a future in which their children will breathe clean air and lead the worlds economy - and the other is preparing for a future in which their children will choke on polluted air - and fall behind the rest of the world in the global economy can you guess which is which germany just announced a 260 billion investment in new energy - that039s 8 of their gdp - with a goal of getting 80 of their nation039s energy from wind and solar this is the largest investment in energy that germany has made since world war 2 - and they039re even making this investment right in the middle of the financial crisis sweeping europe - because germany quotgets itquot no nation in the history of the world has ever cut its way to prosperity - just look at greece so germany knows that the only way to get out of this crisis - is to grow their way out of it - to come out in the end of it a better stronger and wealthier nation - through government investments in the future germany is going to build offshore wind farms - covering an area six-times larger than the size of new york city they039re going to put up thousands and thousands of miles in new power lines to modernize their energy grid - enough new smartgrid power lines that if they were stretched out in a single line would reach from london all the way to baghdad and prompted by the fukushima disaster in japan last year - germany is shutting down 17 nuclear reactors supplying about a fifth of all the electricity in their nation - and replacing those reactors with the wind farms and solar panels they039re now building

hartmann - the latest slap in the face to 911 first responders
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john devlin ampamp ken george 911 first responders next month - our nation will honor the tenth anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks like previous years - there will be a special ceremony at ground zero in new york city - but this time - some people are not invited - the 911 first responders this week - mayor michael bloomberg039s office confirmed that 911 first responders are not invited to the ceremony - and that the ceremony is specifically for the families of victims of 911 the statement from the mayor039s office read quotwhile we are again focused on accommodating victims039 family members given the space constraints we039re working to find ways to recognize and honor first responders and other groups at different places and timesquot john feal - the founder of an advocacy group for 911 first responders reacted to the mayor039s statement saying quotthe best of the best that this country offered 10 years ago are being neglected and denied their rightful placequot of course - this is just the latest slap in the face to 911 first responders at the end of last year - republicans finally dropped their filibuster against the james zadroga act which gave medical care 911 first responders who are now dying from the toxic debris they inhaled while working for months at ground zero recovering bodies at the site yet - just last month - the responders discovered a catch in the bill - that disqualifies them from receiving any medical care assistance for cancer cases - since according to the world trade center health program - there is no scientific link between ground zero debris and cancer tell that to the countless firefighters and policemen who worked at ground zero and now have throat and lung cancer so why are we turning our backs on the first responders - some of the bravest men and women in the nation

thom hartmann: secrets the rich don039t want you to know
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it039s a secret that every republican president since ronald reagan didn039t want us to know

why does scotus have power to strike down passed laws signed by the prez
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congressman dennis kucinich d-oh 10th district joins thom hartmann the supreme court began hearing arguments today to determine the constitutionality of obamacare how does the most corrupt supreme court in history have the power to decide what healthcare americans can get all eyes are on the supreme court - as today kicked off three straight days of oral arguments to determine the constitutionality of obamacare the issue at hand is whether or not the quotindividual mandatequot - also the core of quotromneycarequot - is constitutional