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May. 22, 2013 12:55 pm

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Hour One: Thom to conservatives...show us your social welfare programs - Cleta Mitchell, Truth the Vote

Hour Two: Biometric ID...slippery slope to "permission slip society?" David Bier, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Hour Three: The corporate dictatorship of PBS & NPR...

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Comments

djatpopular 13 years 12 weeks ago

#1

hey thom,

undocumented residents get a TIN not EIN, TIN is Taxpayer Identification Number and EIN is Employer Identification Number. so the lady was incorrect in stating that undocumented folks get employer numbers.

ckrob 13 years 12 weeks ago

#2

When one of your guests said, "government does not create jobs", can't the same thing in the exact same sense be said of Wall Street? Of course, in one case the resulting good, if any, is privately directed and in the other case the goal is to advance the common good. Both processes have their flaws as my wife said after she lost half her savings in the stock market.

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Mar. 13, 2021 11:25 am

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Images of Thom

Mom & Dad's Wedding picture, 1950

At Mondragon

At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)

Thom at Dad & Mom's house

Thom at Dad & Mom's house when they were both still alive, circa '90s

With a freed slave in South Sudan

From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:

"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."

—Paul Hawken, coauthor of Natural Capitalism and author of The Ecology of Commerce

From The Thom Hartmann Reader:

"With the ever-growing influence of corporate CEOs and their right-wing allies in all aspects of American life, Hartmann’s work is more relevant than ever. Throughout his career, Hartmann has spoken compellingly about the value of people-centered democracy and the challenges that millions of ordinary Americans face today as a result of a dogma dedicated to putting profit above all else. This collection is a rousing call for Americans to work together and put people first again."

—Richard Trumka, President, AFL-CIO

From Cracking the Code:

"Thom Hartmann ought to be bronzed. His new book sets off from the same high plane as the last and offers explicit tools and how-to advice that will allow you to see, hear, and feel propaganda when it's directed at you and use the same techniques to refute it. His book would make a deaf-mute a better communicator. I want him on my reading table every day, and if you try one of his books, so will you."

—Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall