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Hey Thom. What ever happened with the evening rebroadcast of your daily show???
I've been listening for several years and I TOTALLY MISS your show. The new program The Filter is terrible. The only means I have in CT is XM and I am not able to receive or pick up either of the stations AM & FM here in CT. Please advise me of any other alernative.
President Obama is personally responsible for the refusal of Corporat CEOs to pay their fair share of US taxes. I has been Obama's policy to use corporate fines only to punish corporations who violate our nation's laws, rather than prosecuting and jailing the corporate executives who instigated or at least approved their coprorations deliberate violations of our laws. So corporations view such fines as simply "a tolerable cost of engaging in immensely profitable crimes."
Obama SHOULD have been literally "putting such corporate executives in jail." That's what President Goege H. W. Bush did to solve the "Savings and Loan" crisis, and his approach was FAR more successful at curbing such crimes than anyting President Obama has done.
began in 1980's deregulation, ' borrowing' from SS lock box by Reagan to hide his huge debt, trickle down economics, massive taxpayer funded Corp tax cuts, subsides, TIF districts aka huge gifts to billionaires, giant corp loopholes. Bush Cheney failed wars, maiming killing, wasting many TRILLIONS , Cheneys Halliburton war profiteering . US laws suck They FAVOR greedy Corp s - who hide billons overeseas US legal system is BROKEN Its stacked in favor of the super wealthy How long will it take till voters GET IT ??? Or are they too ignorant, uncaring, gullible, easy to manipulate ? ... Trump is a consumate CON man Its all in his book ' Art of the deal ' Appeal to their emotions, fears..doubts . Trump truly does love the' poorly educated' Works great for the GOP Congress They swore to ' work for we the people ' then McConnell & pals ' vowed publically in Jan 2009 to ' do all they could to make Obama fail, block everything Obama tried to do , make him a one term President I call that treason / anti American /appealing to the worst in human nature / hate crime / because of hate of our 1/2 black President Family values ? B S
Currently, Earnings from subsidiaries outside the U.S. are not subjected to the Corporate Earnings Tax until they are repatriated.
However, those same Earnings are reported to shareholders, and associated with the shares of Apple, or any multinational corporation, on the appropriate stock exchange.
This is ludicrous. Those Earnings are either Apple's, or they aren't.
I would propose that multinational corporations should pax taxes on Earnings according to which exchange(s) they're listed on. If they want the Earnings associated with AAPL on the NASDAQ, then they pay U.S. tax on those Earnings. If they want to have those Earnings associated with their UK or China subs, then fine -- don't pay the U.S. tax. But don't attribute those Earnings to AAPL on the Nasdaq.
It seems that this would be a relatively simple change to U.S. tax code, but would provide much more incentive for "U.S." companies to put that money back into the U.S. economy.
The Dollar is our Lord---in every instance---and, in accordance with the First Commandment, we have no other gods before it.
You are seeing the transcendency of the corporation over the nation state.
This is happening in many countries around the world.
Countries instead of taking a tough stance are begging the companies
not to leave their borders.
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Un-American?
I think it is all very American!
Liberalcensorville -- You should really listen to what Thom says, not put words in his mouth. He says we have an illegal employer problem, not an illegal alien problem. Thom describes the details in his book "Rebooting the American Dream".
It seems there is high correlation between family wealth and family values. It seems the solution to this problem is reparations. In other words, fund the families, not the schools.
Thank you, Thom, for your ongoing eye-opening daily blogs! I just listened to "Screwed" and am thrilled to find that my library in South Lake Tahoe has your books. I am hearing private jets taking off and landing around the clock this beautiful summer. But the "locals" -- the hospitality workers and working poor who live here year round -- we're angry and eager to learn and do all we can. . . . I married a Vietnam vet (now deceased) whose half-Vietnamese daughter has had three kids. They're having kids and more kids. They are collecting tats, eating junk food, smoking -- and too stupid to get married! My brother was disdainful toward Kim's little ones. They had high IQ's and were nice-looking. I feel that our children are the future of the country! Even the snot-nosed welfare brats -- especially them! We need to catch up all the youngsters in the best healthcare and education we can manage. If we can educate their parents somehow and undo the bad work of aggressive marketing, that would help.
In terms of education, it is NOT all about the money. Take the Philadelphia school district, for example. There is constant complaint ablout how Philadelphia schools are lousy, and failing the students. Also bemoaned is the disparity between the achievement in Philadelphia public schools and suburban public schools. The blame is put on funding and substandard teachers.
However, in Philadelphia, Asian and African immigrants of all incomes thrive in the Philadelphia School district. As a group, these students not only graduate at very high levels and score extremely high in standardized academic achievement test, they outperform the students (as a group), in the "rich" suburban school districts.
This is because of a family structure that predominantly consists of two parents, who prioritize and demand educational achievement , delay of gratification, civilized behavior, respect, and not breaking the law. The parents also lead by example. There is no corrosive culture of complaint.
Yes, I'm being facetious when I say the only way more money would significantly increase educational outcomes for all students in the Philadelphia School District would be to supply, for every students that needs them, two Asian parents. However, it is very close to the truth. Great parents make great students; lousy parents handicap their children immensely.
Also, schools in districts where parents have abdicated their responsibility to feed and teach their students civilized behavior force schools to spend money on things not even considered 40 years ago. Schools now have to babysit children in pre-school, feed them free breakfast and lunch, provide enhanced medical care, keep the students from beating each other, and provide male role models for fatherless boys. This is money other districts can use for actual education.
Much can be learned from Asian and African immigrants and their children. They apparently have alot more "gratitude" than "attitude", and take advantage of the opportunities afforded them.
Equal funding from community to community? Awesome concept Thom, unfortunately hell hasn't frozen over. The right wing business mentality is running our state and local governments, people are the lowest priority. Just take a look at Flint, Michigan. An absolute disaster. On top of that, Gov Nerd cut DHHS funding by 14.4% and VA funding by 6%, but we won't discuss the 2 billion dollar tax cut the year before. Optimism for local communities: Zero.
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A funny thing happens when US corporations pack up and leave, taking our jobs with them.
Family values? The leading cause of families being torn apart of economic hardships. Find a way to convince men to take personal responsibility for their families? Even when they're willing, we simply don't have jobs for all. Complex issues, but in a nutshell, the US has worked very hard over the last 30 years to destroy its economy, making the country unsustainable.
What percentage of infrastructure jobs go to women?
While black people are disproportionately poor, the majority of US poor are white. As a result of our "successful welfare reform," the number of Americans in permanent poverty skyrocketed. The overall life expectancy of our truly poor has fallen to age 60-62 so far. The last I heard, there are 7 jobs for every 10 jobless people who still have the means to pursue one (home address, phone, etc.). The US shut down/shipped out a huge number of jobs since the 1980s, ended actual welfare in the 1990s, and remains content to pretend there are no consequences.
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Remember, no one else can work better to build the world you want to live in. Tag you're it!
The same level of funding for "critical infrastructure" equals the same starting line for all..... or at least it would bring everyone close enough to the starting line to have a real chance to actually succeed in the race out of poverty.
We all know the very wealthy would much rather pay property tax than switch to income tax to fund "critical infrastructure." With property tax the very wealthy pay the same rate as the very poor. Income tax would be the progressive and fair way, because income tax can be calibrated to the ability to pay, unlike the extremely regressive property tax method which has zero to do with ability to pay.
I disagree. It is not about the money, it is about the mindset.
Spend every election cycle telling people how,lazy, craven, animalistic, pitiful, criminal and subhuman a group is, then back that up with manipulated or,skewed stats and what you end up with is a public that does not want to live, work with or for, or have any sympathy or empathy for the targeted group.
The targeted group, left without jobs, hounded by police and disregarded until they can be blamed and courted in the next election become resentful, insular and ethnocentristic, , developing their own speech and standards often diametrically opposed to the dominant group. EACH oblivious to just how deep in the rabbit hole they squat.
MONEY is something easily thrown at a problem and easily lofty goals get corrupted. People make businesses out of poverty which enrich them and their friends as they skim off government money but do nothing to change the trajectory of the average black.
Consider Rangley, Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. THEY all started with nothing and now all are millionaires, having made a business out of advocacy and government funding. It is not in their best Interest to actually have self sufficiency in the hood..that government money is their money train and estate plan: as long as there is poverty, there is justification for throwing money at black neighborhoods..most of the money discreetly enriching a few while the many wonder why a 2 million dollar rec center was built instead of maybe giving each family money for utility bills.
How detrimental is this mental manipulation?
It means most whites think the majority on welfare are black when they have ALWAYS been white. It means whites think blacks commit the most crime when from assault to rapes and burglaries, whites commit almost 5 times more than EVERY MINORITY combined. (SEE FBI TABLE 143 for any year beginning with 2010)
It means whites rely on stats instead of real numbers and so don't realize that two races commit almost all the murders each year. 46K + or - for blacks and over 46k +or - for whites, the difference is often around 500 more for one group or the other with most murders of each targeting their own race.
Some years whites commit more, some years blacks commit more, skewing it into stats instead of real numbers always favors the much larger group.
It means when Adam Lanza killed all those people at Sandy Hook, Eric Cantor called for gun control referencing "urban youth"..or blacks " and not the predominance of whites as mass shooters.
It means most whites think blacks rape the most *blacks rape on average around 45K any given year and 85% will be other blacks) but whites do not realize that white males often rape over 200 thousand people in a year with about 85% being other whites which leaves around 30k rape victims not being white.
It shapes a narrative so crazy, that a cop killing an unarmed black person is excused because somewhere two black criminals shot each other, or that because there are black criminals, that justifies killing any other black anywhere.
This is also why blacks distrust and detest the GOP, that party having been the architect of much of the stereotypes and beliefs about black people.
People think most blacks are criminal and until the Internet, that view was enforced. NOW WE CAN GOOGLE, and so find out the numbers of crimes by race on the FBI table 143, and we can find out that the % of blacks in all the prisons,jails and reformatories is about 1.2 million, which leaves about 42 million blacks not in prison.
Mindset, not money. Talk is cheap.but it is still valuable.
Some are learning.
A well placed comment makes people think. AN EXAMPLE of white privilege, is when a Muslim commits a crime...all Muslims are blamed, when a black commits a crime it is a referendum on all blacks, white privilege is that when a white person commits a crime, whites do not blame their entire race, begin to suspect their entire race, nor do police profile all whites because of criminal areas they dominate in (such as mass shootings) nor do whites ever call upon the "white community" to stop other whites from criminal behavior.
Mindset, the only thing money does is inspire new levels of corruption.
Excuse my typis,, autocorrect from my phone.
Food & Water Watch and OCA are front groups for the organic industry, about as credible as Donald J. Trump. This is an interesting subject but this was a crooked presentation that is totally unhelpful for consumers.
I'm a Teacher in Maryland. Despite what Mr Hartman says, about Baltimore City Schools, Baltimore City is the second highest funded school system in the entire nation.
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-05-21/news/bs-md-ci-census-schools...
I don't teach in Baltimore City where the annual school budget is $1.3 Billion. Baltimore City has a population 3 times greater than the county in which I teach. Our education budget is $182 million. Baltimore City has three times our population, but 8 times our budget. Students in Baltimore City are given ipads, notebooks, and other tablets. We have none. If a student wants to use an electronic device, his family must purchase it. Rumor has it quite a few students in Baltimore City Schools sell there devices on the black market. Our county is among the top ten school districts in the USA. Baltimore City one of the lowest in the USA.
Cccccttttt has nailed it, It's about family values, not how much is spent on education. BTW, for you political types, Baltimore City is run by Democrats. The last time Baltimore had a Republican mayor was 1963 --Theodore Mckeldin. He was preceded by Thomas Delasandro Jr. (Nancy Pelosi's father) for 12 years, and followed by Thomas Delasandro III (Nancy Pelosi's brother) for 1 term. Since Theodore Mckeldin ( a great mayor by the way), nothing but Democrats. In fact, no Republican has served on the city council or any other elected office in Baltimore in many many years. Our county is the political opposite of Baltimore. Republican commissioners, state senators and delegates. A Democrat wouldn't be elected trash collector here.
Didn't the Nazis use the same tactics to gain power in the 1930's Germany?
ckrob: You're getting Democratic Socialism confused with corporate welfare...or something. Unlike the rich capitalists who employ guys like you, Democratic Socialists are hard working citizens, and are dedicated to economic justice for all.