Daily Topics - Thursday April 7th, 2011
By shawnt56
Get the new IPhone App for Thom Hartmann
Check out the new movie I AM (Thom is in it) here and see an interview here and here....
Watch the TRUE Story of the Tea Party here!
Please welcome radio host David Sirota, Denver's AM 760 in for Thom today!
Hour One: Latest on the looming government shut down - Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Hour Two: Outsourcing education...hurting our kids? Sharona Coutts, ProPublica / Plus, contest! Reality shows...can you guess the fakes?
Hour Three: "A Boom Behind Bars" - Graeme Wood, Businessweek / College sports...should athletes "play for pay?" Dave Zirin, Edge of Sports
Comments
#2
Do I blame GE for exploiting the tax code to pay no taxes - in fact to give itself a negative 60% tax rate?
Yes.
Because GE has spent millions to lobby congress and pay into (bribe) their campaigns precisely to get favorable tax loopholes to let them mine the public treasury.
Thom's Blog Is On the Move
By webmaster
Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
Images of Thom
With His Holiness The Dalai Lama, at His home in Dharamsala, India (Synthesis Dialogues - made into a movie narrated by Harrison Ford)
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann is a creative thinker and committed small-d democrat. He has dealt with a wide range of topics throughout his life, and this book provides an excellent cross section. The Thom Hartmann Reader will make people both angry and motivated to act."
From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom’s great work, it helps show us the way forward."
How to Reduce The Budget?? Surely a no-brainer?
(a) Agree a figure, say $400M.
(b) Take it 100% off the defense budget. It would not be noticed. (Don't fire missiles for a hour, or whatever.)
Is "everyone" on Capitol Hill braindead for not discussing this invisible elephant? Are we braindead for not screaming for it?
Let's cut Capitol Hill heath, pension, etc perks whilst we are at it. If "closing down government" means keeping the National Parks etc open and closing down Capitol Hill (without pay) until it is sorted, then I am all for it.
Come on, Thom, beat the drum on this one! PLEASE!!