It’s Not Even Election Day Yet...
Nov. 5, 2012 9:36 amBy louisehartmannAnd we’re already seeing the effect of Republican efforts to restrict the vote. It was voting chaos in Florida over the weekend, as voters tried to cast their ballots early. Nightmarishly long lines at polling places forced voters to wait in line for as many as nine hours. At one polling place, more than 180 voters had their cars towed away while they were waiting to vote.
When The Billionaire Class Doesn’t Like Facts...
Nov. 2, 2012 9:33 amBy louisehartmannThey simply scrub them away from the view of the public. With the main debate in Washington these days centered on how much the rich should pay in taxes, the Congressional Research Service issued a report last September on the effect of upper income tax rates on economic growth. The CRS report found that low taxes on the rich did not spur economic growth – but instead fueled wealth inequality.
Daily Topics - Thursday November 1st, 2012
Nov. 1, 2012 11:57 amBy shawnt56Catch The Thom Hartmann Program LIVE 3-6pm Eastern!
Hour One: Express lanes...for the billionaires only? Randal O'Toole, CATO Institute
Hour Two: Are the feudal lords making a comeback in PA? Peter Ferrara, The Carleson Center for Public Policy / Plus, why every vote is needed - San Antonio, TX Mayor Julian Castro, Obama 2012
Do You Wonder....
Nov. 1, 2012 8:37 amBy louisehartmannHow a man who’s been lying to the American people for over a year – has offshore bank accounts – and pays a lower tax rate on his hundreds of millions of dollars than most working Americans – is somehow neck and neck in the polls to be President of the United States? The answer…a lot of corporate money. If Mitt Romney wins the presidency next week – he’ll have a lot of investors to thank for it.