(2009/12/02) Disaster Economics (MP3)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
4.5 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2009
⏱️ 66 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by the members and donors of the Best of Left podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. |
| 0:08.2 | Now welcome to the Best of Left podcast with clips today from the young Turks, this American |
| 0:12.3 | life, the onion radio news, the Tom Hartman program, and Ring of Fire, with a bonus clip |
| 0:17.6 | from the Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | You know how I told you, I believe it was yesterday, that Christod might have been two days |
| 0:37.0 | ago. |
| 0:38.0 | Christod put together legislation in the Senate, which is actually tough and strong, real financial |
| 0:43.8 | reform. |
| 0:44.8 | And I was surprised by it. |
| 0:45.8 | I was like, look at this. |
| 0:46.8 | I mean, this is something now we're getting somewhere, because I was very unhappy with |
| 0:50.6 | the legislation coming out of the White House, the proposed legislation. |
| 0:53.7 | And in the house, it got watered down and it got watered down. |
| 0:56.0 | And I was like, look at this, at least Christod's really trying here, right? |
| 0:59.4 | So the White House puts out a statement today that they have a certain, quote, nervousness |
| 1:05.4 | about Dodge legislation. |
| 1:07.4 | Yeah, yeah, they're nervous, because it's actual reform. |
| 1:11.8 | And they don't want actual reform. |
| 1:14.2 | Geithner and Larry Summers are, it appears to be 100% in kahoot's with Wall Street and |
| 1:20.5 | the top bankers in the country. |
| 1:22.0 | That's all they ever talk, those people that they talk to, nonstop. |
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