(2011/08/08) The rich get richer (Economics)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 8 August 2011
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Edition #516
The rich get richer
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Act 1: CEOs don't want you to know this - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 6-28-11
Song 1: Jump - Van Halen
Act 2: Bill O'Reilley on Obama's 'Economic Liberalism' - Counterspin - Air Date: 06-30-11
Song 2: Take a minute - K'naan
Act 3: Shocking Fact About Rich Americans - Jimmy Dore on TYT Air Date: 7-13-11
Song 3: Guiding light - The Clips
Act 4: Invest in America - Robert Reich Air Date: 07-05-11
Song 4: The kids don't stand a chance - Vampire weekend
Act 5: Banks Introduce 75-Cent Surcharge For Using Word 'Bank' - The Onion
Song 5: Us - Regina Spektor
Act 6: Orrin Hatch's Tax Canard - The Progressive Air Date: 07-15-11
Song 6: Radioactive - Vitamin String Quartet
Act 7: Fox News Falsehood: Half of Americans Don't Pay Any Taxes - Media Matters Air Date: 07-18-11
Act 8: Nation's Cognitive Dissonance on Gov Assistance - On the Media - Air Date: 07-15-11
Song 8: Tragic kingdom - No Doubt
Act 9: Dancing on the Ceiling - Tax Cut Religion - Daily Show Air Date: 7-12-11
Song 9: National brotherhood week - Tom Lehrer
Act 10: UK & U.S Resistance to Austerity Plans - Counterspin - Air Date: 07-07-11
Song 10: Beaux Dimanches - Amadou & Mariam
Act 11: Hedge Fund Mgr Called Out On MSNBC - Jimmy Dore on TYT Air Date: 07-13-11
Song 11: Against all odds - The Postal Service
Act 12: State Of Minnesota Too Polite To Ask For Federal Funding - The Onion
Song 12: Mr. Nice Guy - Billy Bauer
Act 13: President Obama can close tax loop holes like President Kennedy did - Thom Hartmann Air Date 07-15-11
Song 13: Don't let the sun go down on me - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Act 14: This Video Is For Rich People Only - Lee Camp Air Date: 07-27-11
Song 14: Float on - Modest Mouse
Act 15: The Ruthlessness of the Ruling Class - The Progressive Air Date: 07-19-11
Song 15: A rush of blood to the head - Coldplay
Act 16: Poor In America - Colbert Report Air Date: 7-26-11
Song 16: The river of dreams - Billy Joel
Act 17: Fox News Cut Medicare to Fund Wars - Young Turks Air Date: 07-27-11
Voicemails:
Check out Intelligence squared from NPR - Michael from Glenn Bernie
In support of the talking points brainstorm - Chuck in Salt Lake City
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final Comments on taking inconvenient modes of transportation and the New Leaders Council retreat
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Swede Dreams - Daily Show Air Date: 6-29-11
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show, for details visit |
| 0:06.2 | the membership tab at Best of the Left.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with clips today from Tom Hartman, |
| 0:12.9 | Counter-Spin, The Young Turks, Robert Reich, The Onion Radio News, The Progressive, Media |
| 0:17.7 | Matters, On The Media, The Daily Show, Comedian League Camp, and The Cold Bear Report with |
| 0:22.6 | a bonus video clip for our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | Corporate CEOs have a secret they don't want you to know about, and that's a much money |
| 0:34.2 | they're basically stealing from their workers. |
| 0:37.7 | And their Republicans are accomplices in this, right there next to them. |
| 0:43.8 | Actually, the Republicans are the wholly owned division of the corporate CEOs. |
| 0:51.5 | This has come out this week because last year, the old Dodd-Frank bill, well if not old, |
| 0:57.2 | it's new, but it was the Wall Street reform bill. |
| 1:00.5 | Here in DC, I've been seeing these ads on TV that say, repeal Dodd-Frank. |
| 1:04.8 | They don't say, you know, there's some group, you know, Americans for tax insanity or |
| 1:11.2 | something like whatever it is that is running these ads, but they don't tell you who they |
| 1:16.3 | are. |
| 1:17.3 | And they're probably Wall Street types who don't like the transparency, but they could |
| 1:21.2 | be CEO types because the CEOs, there was this little piece, it's actually a small piece |
| 1:25.2 | of the bill in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform bill that says that companies have to |
| 1:32.5 | disclose to the government, then the government can publish it, it becomes a public document. |
| 1:38.2 | The ratio of pay between the CEO and the janitor basically, to the most highly paid person |
| 1:44.4 | and the most lowly paid person in the company, forces corporations to disclose how big is |
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