How CEOs pulled off their coup, ending the Golden Age of growth for the middle class while beginning the current era of the CEO as modern-day superyacht-owning Emperor…

Want to get rich without doing much work? Insanely, fabulously rich? Private yacht, country estate, private jet rich? So do America's CEOs.

They began hustling for an old-time scam to accomplish this when Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980. Soon thereafter, they got their way. This is the story.

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-Thom

Wednesday's Daily Stack

Hour One: National Progressive Townhall Meeting
- Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI, 2nd District) / Member & Former Co-Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / (Committees: Appropriations / Also, Education & Labor)

Article: "Students for a Democratic Society" (SDS) by Wikipedia.

Article: "'My youth is a strength': Members of Gen Z launch campaigns for Congress" by Rachel Janfaza.

Site: Sam Lawrence for Ohio.

Video: Can 19 Year Old Democrat Stop Corrupt GOP Incumbent? Featuring Sam Lawrence.

Article: "14th Amendment section 3, July 9, 1868 "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

Article: "New lawsuit invokes 14th Amendment to bar Majorie Taylor Greene from public office" by David Badash.

Article: "Biden Set to Sign Law to Pump $53 Billion Into US Chip Manufacturing" by Stephen Shankland.

Article: "Missouri primary election results: See who won, lost state House race for your district" by Kansas City Star.

Article: "Employment Guidance for the District of Columbia National Guard" by Christopher C Miller, 4 January 2021.

Article: "Federal pardons in the United States" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Report: Matt Gaetz Told Roger Stone 'Big Guy' Would Likely Get Him Off" by Mary Papenfuss.

Article: "Maria Hadden" by Wikipedia.

Bill: "H.R.51 - Washington, D.C. Admission Act" by Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large].

Bill: "H.R.860 - Social Security 2100 Act" by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1].

Hour Two: How Should Capitalism Be Regulated or Changed?
- Economist Dr. Richard Wolff, Co-founder, Democracy At Work / Author of numerous books - his latest is The Sickness is the System (now also available as an e-book)

Book: Threshold: The Crisis of Western Culture by Thom Hartmann.

Site: Union Cab of Madison Cooperative.

Article: "E. Jean Carroll" by Wikipedia.

Article: "E. Jean Carroll requests Trump's DNA related to sexual assault allegation" by Aaron Katersky, William Mansell.

Article: "Andrew Cuomo resigns as governor of New York " by Nolan Hicks and Sam Raskin.

Article: "The sex-trafficking investigation that’s zeroing in on Matt Gaetz, explained" by Amber Phillips.

Article: "Viral Video Captures Ted Cruz Fist-Bumping Republicans After Blocking Bill to Help Vets Suffering from Toxic Burn Pits" by David Badash.

Article: "Senate finally passes PACT Act, clearing the way for care for veterans exposed to burn pits" by Haley Britzky.

Article: "The "Share Buyback" Rape of American Business" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act" by South Dakota Department of Labor & Regulation.

Article: "Curbing Stock Buybacks: A Crucial Step to Raising Worker Pay and Reducing Inequality" by Irene Tung, Katy Milani.

Article: "Wells Fargo plans $24.5 billion in stock buybacks after passing Fed stress test" by Bloomberg.

Article: "Do Share Buybacks Really Destroy Long-Term Value?" by Alex Edmans.

Article: "The Economic Sh*tstorm Coming is Due to Reagan's Deregulated Economy" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Facebook Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results" by Facebook.

Article: "Congress can turn the Republican tax cuts into new middle-class jobs" by William Lazonick.

Book: "The Hidden History of Neoliberalism: How Reaganism Gutted America and How to Restore Its Greatness" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "The one issue Elizabeth Warren and some of Wall Street can agree on" by Portia Crowe.

Article: "Apple's rise to $3 trillion market cap shows the value of its massive share buybacks" by Kif Leswing.

Article: "CEOs made a median $20 million last year—254 times more than the average worker" by Jennifer Liu.

Article: "Hillary's War on Quarterly Capitalism" by Edward Luce.

Article: "Rule 10b-18" by Adam Barone.

Article: "2022 Stock Buyback Announcements" by Marketbeat.

Article: "John Shad" by MarketsWiki.

Article: "Singapore: It Does Not Pay To Manipulate The Stock Market" by Shashi Nathan, Jeremy Pereira and Tania Chin.

Article: "End Stock Buybacks, Save the Economy" by William Lazonick and Ken Jacobson.

Article: "Exxon, Chevron post blowout earnings, oil majors bet on buybacks" by Sabrina Valle.

Article: "US share buybacks on track for record year after rebound" by Peter Brennan.

Article: "Stock buybacks, explained" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "Walmart is paying $20 billion to shareholders. With that money, it could boost hourly wages to over $15" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "Harley-Davidson took its tax cut, closed a factory, and rewarded shareholders" by Emily Stewart.

Article: "Great Depression (1929 - 1930s) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Haley Stevens Defeats Fellow Democratic Incumbent Andy Levin for Michigan House Seat" by Joshua Jamerson.

Article: "Kansas voters send message to Republican Party: 'Worry about November'" by kos.

Article: "2022 Arizona Primary Election Results" by AP.

Article: "Monopoly" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Abandoned Property" by LII.

Article: "Why diesel is more expensive than regular gas" by Benjamin Taubman.

Hour Three: The Gun Industry Created a New Consumer & Now It's Killing Us
- Ryan Busse, Former Firearms Executive / Author, Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America

Article: "The Gun Industry Created a New Consumer. Now It’s Killing Us" by Ryan Busse.

Article: "Columbine High School massacre" (April 20, 1999) by Wikipedia.

Article: "National Rifle Association" (NRA) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Federal Assault Weapons Ban" (1994-2004) by Wikipedia.

Law: "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act" (PLCAA) (Child Safety Lock Act of 2005).

Article: "Barack Obama elected as America's first Black president" by History.com.

Article: "A Brief History of America’s Massive Gun-Buying Spree" by Dave Gilson, Bryan Schatz.

Article: "American gun sales continue to surge, new research finds" by Michael Ruiz.

Book: "The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment" by Thom Hartmann.

Article: "Kyle Rittenhouse" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Vote from the rooftops" by Urban Dictionary.

Article: "Smoking Rules Change For U.S. Offices Today" (1987) by AP.

Article: "Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues" (2014) by Chris Arsenault.

Article: "These 11 GOP senators voted against the Honoring Our Pact Act" by Brad Dress.

Progressive Town Hall, Did Kansas Send a Message to Republicans?
- Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA, 7th District) / Chair-Congressional Progressive Caucus / Senior Whip-Democratic Caucus/ Serves on the House Budget Committee, the House Judiciary Committee & the House Education & Labor Committee (as well as a number of sub-committees)

Article: "Kansas voters block effort to strip abortion protections from state constitution " by Alice Miranda Ollstein.

Case: "Roe v. Wade" (1973) (abortion legal) (7–2).

Bill: "H.R.1 - For the People Act of 2021" by Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3].

Article: "Firearms FAQ" by Washington State AG.

Article: "New law allows concealed, loaded guns in national parks" by Julie Cart.

Article: "'I'm Going to Kill You': Man With Gun Arrested at Pramila Jayapal's Home" by Katherine Fung.

Article: "Red flag law" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."

Article: "Jayapal, Warren, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Reform Broken Judicial Ethics System" by Pramila Jayapal.

Article: "Congressman Mondaire Jones Bill Would Add 4 More Justices To Us Supreme Court" by Dan Murphy.

Article: "Rusty Bowers, a Jan. 6 committee star witness, loses GOP primary in Arizona" by Allan Smith.

Article: "Secretary of State: Washington Primary Results" by CNN.

Article: "House District 7: Washington Primary Results" by CNN.

Case: "Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" (2010).

Bill: "Washington Initiative No. 1471" (to ensure that all Washington residents can enroll in nonprofit health insurance coverage providing an essential set of health benefits).

Article: "Ro Khanna Introduces Bill Allowing States to Carve Path Toward Medicare for All" by Kenny Stancil.

Article: "CHIPS Act Passes: House Approves $280 Billion Bill To Boost Microchip Production And Counter China" by Brian Bushard.

Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 12-3pm ET

I'll be talking with Dennis Pierce, President - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen (BLET).

Plus, Rep. Joe Walsh, Host, "White Flag w/Joe Walsh" (on Apple podcasts / Former U.S. Congressman (R-IL, 8th District) & former Presidential Candidate / Author, "F*ck Silence: Calling Trump Out for the Cultish, Moronic, Authoritarian Con Man He Is" / Former Republican, now an Independent.

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