If Corps are people - we're SCREWED

Professor Richard Wilkinson, Co-Founder of the Equality Trust joins Thom Hartmann to talk about his thirty years of research showing - In rich countries, a smaller gap between rich and poor means a happier, healthier, and more successful population.

Billionaire Warren Buffett wants to pay more taxes and thinks his mega-rich friends should too. Buffett called on Congress for "shared sacrifice" and raise taxes on people earning more than $1 million. Buffett said the wealthy are "coddled" by Congress "as if we were spotted owls or some other endangered species."

Thom Hartmann talks to Michio Kaku about his new book Physics of the Future. String theory, time itself and how bubbles form are all on the table. They also talk about the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown and the future of energy. Michio Kaku speaks directly to President Obama who supports Nuclear Power. Then Thom talks to global activist and former green jobs advisor to President Obama, Van Jones, Co-founder of RebuildTheDream.com.

Thom Hartmann talks to Michio Kaku about his new book Physics of the Future. String theory, time itself and how bubbles form are all on the table. They also talk about the Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown and the future of energy. Michio Kaku speaks directly to President Obama who supports Nuclear Power. Then Thom talks to global activist and former green jobs advisor to President Obama, Van Jones, Co-founder of RebuildTheDream.com.

Who woulda known? Earlier this week - Fox News talking head Megyn Kelly returned to the airwaves after taking a few months off after she had a baby. That's when something incredible happened - Fox News started espousing the virtues of European Democratic Socialism.

Lucy Nobbe, Whole Foods and Tom Delay.

Andrew Klaven, author & screenwriter joins Thom Hartmann. The number one movie at the box office this week is "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" - a prequal to the Planet of the Apes movie franchise from the late 1970's. Or - as Fox News described it - a Trojan horse for leftist PETA ideology. Right - that's exactly how liberals think. And guess what the number two movie is at the box office this week? THE SMURFS! Smurfs are blue - Democrats are blue - this must be another liberal propaganda film right? Well my guest apparently thinks so.

Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard & Jamie Weinstein, Daily Caller join Thom Hartmann on the S&P, Wisconsin, Gang of 12 & Bang Bang goes the Wang Wang.

Daniel Halper, Weekly Standard & Jamie Weinstein, Daily Caller join Thom Hartmann on the S&P, Wisconsin, Gang of 12 & Bang Bang goes the Wang Wang.

David Cobb, MoveToAmend.org joins Thom Hartmann. America is now - demonstrably, as proven by Wisconsin - just a few years away from the possibility of a totally corrupted, totally billionaire - and corporate-controlled political system Political scientists call it oligarchy. The Citizens United election experiment is over - and the oligarchs won. Long live the oligarchy. But before settling into despair - and accepting that American democracy is lost - we need to first ask the question..."is there anything that 'we the people' can do to fight back?" Turns out...there's a lot. All around the country - and likely in your home state - there are movements underway to amend the constitution to strip corporations of their personhood and declare that money is not a form of free speech - essentially overturning the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision. So how do we find out more about this - and how do we get involved? Tune in.

The 'Arab Spring' has given way to the 'European Summer', as London police try to gain ground against a young group of protesters angry at the UK government. Thom talks to Victoria Jones, International Correspondent at Talk Radio News, about how this scenario can very well play out in the US. Then it's all about the jobs! While President Obama tries to put America back on stable financial ground, his loudest critics keep reminding him to focus on job creation and not austerity measures. Plus it's judgment day in Wisconsin where six Republican state senators could be out of jobs. That's if voters can see past corporate dollars from billionaire donors. Then more lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A new scathing report indicates Japanese government officials ignored high radiation levels from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Thom explains why energy should be considered part of the commons such as food, water and education in order to avoid disastrous situations like Fukushima.

David Selig, conservative commentator vs. Thom Hartmann. So-called Free Trade is nothing but a transnational corporate gimmick that both political parties have bought into today. And the first Party that has enough guts to tell transnational CEOs "no" - and ditch Free-Trade will win big at the polls.

The Japanese government is now being blamed for ignoring the actual path of radiation following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Why hide the truth? The answer and why we need to kick corporations out of the business of managing our energy needs.

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