Daily Topics - Friday January 21st, 2011
By shawnt56
Truthout is proud to bring you an exclusive series from America's No. 1 progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. We'll be publishing weekly installments, "Rebooting the American Dream."
"Anything Goes on Townhall Fridays!"
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" - Senator Bernie Sanders takes your calls - www.sanders.senate.gov
Hour Three: Citizen's United anniversary...was the Supreme Court out of order? Bob Edgar, President/CEO-Common Cause - www.commoncause.org - Plus, Fighting Citizen's United decision...what you can do - Robert Weissman, President-Public Citizen - www.citizen.org
Comments
#2
With outsourcing and national debt increasing with no end in sight, why is there no talk of enforcing and increasing tariffs?
Rhetorical question, I know its because Wall Street isn't concerned about American economic health, no Wall Street is only concerned about the bottom line, and Wall Street is pulling enough strings to lead the majority of our Government and therefore our country over the cliff edge.
So where is the grass roots movement demanding the return of manufacturing? Why is the progressive movement seemingly ignoring this? Or have I been missing the underground current building up?
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#3
Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_Tariff_Act
The Act was a response to the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill.
#5
#6
This article is similar to my #5 comment and article.
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/shock-and-awe-of-children-and-war.html
#7
Here is an article by Rabbi Michael Lerner.
#8
Adolph Hitler's influence upon conservatives and Republicans in the United States of Mortal Sin is very powerful.
Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.
#10
The United States of Mortal Sin is a spiritually dead nation.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/spiritual-death_b_811568.html
#11
The United States of Mortal Sin is the conservatives, the corporations, the government, and the rich"s heavenly kingdom.
#12
We are the pot calling the kettle black!
#13
Here is a great website for information.
#14
Thom, if you are at your computer, you may enjoy reading this information.
#15
A Thursday night few weeks ago, The Colbert Report had David Stockman as a guest. You may recall that Stockman was Pres. Ronald Reagan's Budget Director. He was one of the architects of Reaganomics, along with the Trickle-Down Theory and other nonsensical notions such as the idea that lowering taxes on the rich creates jobs.
What was particularly interesting about this appearance was that he openly admitted that those theories were mistaken and bogus, and that they screwed up...it doesn't work.
Why haven't we seen anyone with a large voice on our side, howling this admission from the rooftops? The designer of the program himself apologizes for just how bad his program is.
It's about time we tax the rich their fair share. All the BS reasons why we shouldn't have been proven wrong over the last 30 years; Can't we learn from that history? Equality means a better world for everyone, and the rich finally contributing what they should would bring us closer to that equality. .
#17
Now, if only the pope would call for American politicians to be moral, then we would have a pope who is willing to take on the totally immoral U.S. Congress and the totally immoral U.S. Supreme Court.
How To Bring Back A Middle Class
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From the 1930s to the Reagan Revolution, America grew the largest and most robust middle class in history. Along with strong unions, the main driver of that was that people earning more than about $10 million in today's money confronted a top tax rate of 91% until the 60s, and 67% until Reagan came into office.
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January 21, 2011
Why do most politicians say that they are going to make our government more transparent? When it comes to WikiLeaks, Julian Assange may be targeted for assassination.
http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew01182011.html
Pentagon loves threats!
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/01/20/gops-2-5-trillion-cut-would-end-usaid-but-still-doesnt-touch-military/
GOP loves wars!
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/19/wikileaks/index.html
Deceived!