#1414 Go Home and Go Big (Infrastructure Investment, Jobs and Climate Mitigation)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 24 April 2021
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 4/24/2021
Today we take a look at the major infrastructure investment plan proposed by the Biden administration, progressive perspectives arguing to make it better and the need to democratize the institutions that constitute our infrastructure.
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SHOW NOTES
Financial journalist and Exec Editor of The American Prospect, DAVID DAYEN, on Biden's infrastructure and public investment bill, how it will be funded, how it addresses economic inequality and the US social welfare infrastructure, what to expect next.
Megan Cassella, Politico reporter covering Biden administration economic policy, talks about the big infrastructure proposal from President Biden.
Ch. 3: Is America big enough to Go Big again? - Jim Hightower's Radio Lowdown - Air Date 4-13-21
It’s time for America to go back to the future – a future of true greatness created by a people united to build a strong nation for the Common Good.
Ch. 4: Infrastructure, mobilization, survival w/ Laleh Khalili - This Is Hell! - Air Date 4-14-21
Political scientist Laleh Khalili on her article "Apocalyptic Infrastructures" for Noēma Magazine.
Ch. 5: Infrastructure, Jobs, and More - The Brian Lehrer Show - Air Date 4-5-21
Catherine Rampell, syndicated opinion columnist at The Washington Post, political/economic commentator at CNN and special correspondent at PBS NewsHour, runs through the latest in national politics and news.
We’ll hear about the Accessible, Affordable Internet for All Act (AAIA) from Ernesto Falcon, senior legislative counsel at Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Ch. 7: Live Event Announcement
On this week's show, Prof. Wolff discusses how the US home rental market is failing over 20% of all renters, and the basic flaws in Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal.
MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)
Financial journalist and Exec Editor of The American Prospect, DAVID DAYEN, on Biden's infrastructure and public investment bill, how it will be funded, how it addresses economic inequality and the US social welfare infrastructure, what to expect next.
Ch. 10: Infrastructure, mobilization, survival w/ Laleh Khalili Part 2 - This Is Hell! - Air Date 4-14-21
Political scientist Laleh Khalili on her article "Apocalyptic Infrastructures" for Noēma Magazine.
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 11: Further thoughts on public welfare programs - Craig from Ohio
Ch. 12: More thoughts U.S. complicity - Jonathan from New York
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 13: Final comments on the new propaganda paradigm leading the charge at Fox News
Bonus clip: THE QUESTION MARK - THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART - Air Date 9-13-06
Bonus clip: Tucker Carlson Jeopardy - The Daily Social Distancing Show - Air Date 2-15-21
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.4 | learn about the major infrastructure investment plan proposed by the Biden administration, |
| 0:12.4 | progressive perspectives, arguing to make it better, and the need to democratize the institutions |
| 0:18.6 | that constitute our infrastructure. |
| 0:21.2 | Plus at the end, I'm going to explain the paradigm shift in Fox News disinformation that I finally |
| 0:28.0 | just figured out. |
| 0:30.4 | And now, clips today are from the Bradcast, the Brian Lerichow, Jim Hightower's radio |
| 0:36.1 | lowdown, this is hell, counter spin, and economic update with Richard Wolfe. |
| 0:49.0 | President Biden is rolling out an approximately $2 trillion dollar plan focused on infrastructure |
| 0:55.4 | and the climate as a blueprint for his vision to reshape the U.S. economy, which he is calling |
| 1:02.4 | the American Jobs Plan. |
| 1:06.0 | Probably a smart way to take the word climate out of the title, so as not to trigger Fox |
| 1:10.8 | News snowflakes, take infrastructure out of it, which puts some people to sleep. |
| 1:18.5 | And also the American Jobs Plan echoes the name of his so far wildly popular and surprisingly |
| 1:23.9 | progressive $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan signed into law in March for COVID pandemic |
| 1:32.4 | relief and stimulus after being passed in both houses of Congress without a single Republican |
| 1:38.3 | vote. |
| 1:39.4 | The American Jobs Plan, formerly introduced in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, but previewed |
| 1:45.0 | to journalists on Tuesday night, aims to tackle some of the nation's most pressing problems |
| 1:50.1 | from climate change to decaying water systems to the nation's crumbling infrastructure according |
| 1:56.1 | to the Washington Post today. |
| 1:58.9 | The administration's promises are vast and may prove difficult to enact the post-notes, |
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