Thom Hartmann shares a blog post by economist and former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, who argues Bernie Sanders’ economic plan does add up, thanks to his single-payer health care...
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the chairwoman of the DNC. So why is she siding with Republicans against regulations to stop payday loan predators? Not surprisingly – a lot of Democrats are scratching their heads about what exactly Wasserman Schultz is up to here and why she’s taking – well – such an anti-democratic position. Is it because she’s saying “screw you” to the Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren wing of the party? Is because she got a big campaign contribution from the payday loan predators? Or is it because she’s always been a Republican in Democrat’s clothing? And if...
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Bernie Sanders talks a lot about Wall Street and economic inequality. But another important issue for Bernie Sanders is tacking climate change so that our planet stays inhabitable for our children’s generation and their children’s generation. Or as he called for after his big win in Vermont on Super Tuesday – the fight for “environmental sanity.” Hillary Clinton has come out against the Keystone XL pipeline and said that she would tackle climate change too. And even though she hasn’t come out in favor of a carbon tax – she’s light years ahead of any of the Republicans on...
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Florida Representative and Chair of the Democratic National Committee Debbie Wasserman Schultz found a new way to completely alienate the progressive wing of the democratic party. Wasserman Schultz is currently co-sponsoring a bill that would gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by delaying new payday lending rules by two years – and it would nullify the rules in any state that has its own payday lending law – like her state of Florida. The CFPB was a major accomplishment for progressives – why is the chair of the DNC attacking it? Ryan Girdusky, Adam Green, and Scott Greer all...
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Here’s the real question: who has the economic plan that will reboot the American dream? Marshall Auerback, Levy Institute/Economists for Peace and Security joins Thom Hartmann to discuss...
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