Is Leiberman just a traitor to the Democrats or merely a shill for big pharma and big banking?
Treasury Department pay czar Kenneth Feinberg last week announced big cuts in total compensation at the finance and auto companies within his control. While he cut total pay by half, he increased regular salaries, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.
It's Halloween Week! Jacob is picking the most "creative" comment to get a signed copy of Threshold- what's yours?
We Wish it was the "Consumer Option?"
A government-sponsored "public option" for health care lives on, sort of.
Throw the Bums out and Start Over?
The Obama administration and congress may now take on the issues arising from the near collapse of the financial system last year — how to deal with financial insti
Thursday October 29th 2009
Hour One - 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT WALL STREET CRASH OF 1929 (BLACK TUESDAY) What's it going
Tuesday October 27th 2009
Hour One: "Wall Street's Naked Swindle" Rolling Ston
Monday October 26th 2009
Hour One: "Why is it so hard to start over in America?" Thom debates conservative economist Dr. John Lott www.johnrlott.blogspot.com
The Public Option....on Life Support?
It's being reported that Harry Reid pushed for a public option that would allow states to opt out in a meeting with President Obama yesterday.
A Reefer Journalist?
Pay Czar Kenneth Feinberg is ordering firms that received government bailouts to “slash compensation to their highest-paid employees.” One bank executive complained that the compensation restrictions “were clearly much worse than what had been anticipated.” Hey - read the small
A Nation of Peons?
A Goldman Sachs International adviser defended compensation in the finance industry as his company plans a near-record year for pay, up 46% from last year, saying the spending will help boost the economy.
Friday October 23 2009
Hour One: "Brunch With Bernie" Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spends the hour with Thom discussing the issues and answering listener questions www.sanders.senate.gov
Thursday - October 22 2009
Hour One: What's up with the Public Option? Peter DeFazio www.defazio.house.org
Wednesday October 21 2009
Hour One: Thom challenges John Lott on net nuetrality - If we don't have to pay extra for police or fire why should we pay extra for the internet? www.johnrlott.blogspot.com
