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Let's Repudiate Reaganomics
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...I want to tell you a tale of two countries, Country A and Country B. Country A has extraordinary wealth. In fact, according to the World Bank, national income per person in Country A is behind just Singapore, Norway, Luxembourg, Hong Kong and Switzerland.
In the past six years, total wealth in Country A is up over $34 trillion. That $34 trillion equals out to roughly $100,000 per person in Country A. And if you're a business executive in Country A, you're doing even better, because the ratio of CEO to average worker pay in Country A is a whopping 273-1.
But things aren't so great over in Country B. In Country B, 3.5 million people are working full-time jobs that only pay the minimum wage. As of 2012, 46.5 million people in Country B were living in poverty, while 49 million people were struggling with hunger and food insecurity. And over 610,000 people in Country B are homeless, forced to live on the streets in a never-ending struggle to survive.
Country B has the 17th-highest poverty rate of countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the disposable income of families in the middle income bracket in Country B decreased 4 percent between 2000 and 2010. So, what country is Country A, and what country is Country B?
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Time to fire the DEA head... (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
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Need to Know: Time to fire the DEA head...
Big Picture Politics Panel: - Marc Harrold, Libertarian Party Congressional Candidate, VA-11th district  - Nate Sweet, Progressive Commentator - David Hogberg PhD, National Center for Public Policy Research
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How to profit while fighting climate change- Alex Jackson, Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
Guess what? The permafrost is accelerating global warming...- Dr. Jeff Chanton, Florida State University
Daily Take: Let's repudiate Reaganomics
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Monday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: The climate change wars have already begun...
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", Franklin D. Roosevelt, 27 June 1936 speech to the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. " These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power."
Hour Two: Why shouldn't all dads get some paternity leave?- Carrie Lukas, Independent Women's Forum Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men."" Article: " J Curve" (James Chowning Davies) by Wikipedia.
Hour Three: The economic royalists are back in charge- Professor Harvey J. Kaye, The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great Speech: " Madison Square Garden Speech", President Franklin D. Roosevelt, October 31, 1936. " They are unanimous in their hate for me-and I welcome their hatred" |
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Hour One: Has Flawed US Policy led to a new cold war?- Professor Stephen Cohen, The Nation Magazine
PLUS, Time to fire the DEA head!
Hour Two: Out of state money trumps GE crop ban
Plus, Let's repudiate Reaganomics
Hour Three: Why we should be protecting national parks NOT privatizing them- Adrian Moore PhD, Reason Foundation
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