(2011/09/14) At least the war on the middle class is going well (Economics)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 14 September 2011
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Edition #528
At least the war on the middle class is going well
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Act 1: Warren Buffett Stop Coddling the Rich, Raise Their Taxes - David Pakman Air Date: 8-16-11
Song 1: The great estates - Freelance Whales
Act 2: Coverage of Buffet's call for higher taxes - Counterspin
Song 2: Give a little bit - Supertramp
Act 3: Warren Buffett a Socialist according to Fox News - Young Turks
Song 3: Melt with you - Modern English
Act 4: The Defeat of Liberalism By Money - The Progressive Air Date: 8-5-11
Song 4: Love will come through - Travis
Act 5: The Truth About The London Riots & Chile Protests - Lee Camp Air Date: 8-18-11
Song 5: The killing moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Act 6: Job Creators Give Me A Break - Thom Hartmann Air Date: 8-23-11
Song 6: Beyond the sea - Bobby Darin
Act 7: Poor People Living Well, At Fault For Recession - Jimmy Dore on TYT
Song 7: Wake up - Arcade Fire
Act 8: Pirate Written Up For Dress-Code Violation - The Onion
Song 8: Come sail away - Styx
Act 9: Republican Economic Arsonists - The Progressive Air Date: 8-9-11
Song 9: Beds are burning - Midnight Oil
Act 10: Goldman Sachs CEO Hires Lawyer - Young Turks Air Date: 8-24-11
Song 10: If you've got trouble - The Beatles
Act 11: Challenging the claims of the "Texas miracle" - Counterspin
Song 11: Cattle call - Don Edwards
Act 12: FDR on Labor Day - Jimmy Dore Show
Song 12: We were there - Robin Roberts
Act 13: Clueless support of proposed trade deals - Counterspin
Song 13: Diamond (Remix) - Klint
Act 14: Abandoned Mall Retains Eerie Vestiges Of Fun Shopping Atmosphere - The Onion
Song 14: Empty - The Cranberries
Act 15: Obama's jobs speech/pre-game show - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 15: Turn out the light - Nelly Furtado
Act 16: Obama's Affirmative Case for Government - The Progressive Air Date: 9-9-11
Song 16: Solid Action - The Wes Hollywood Show
Act 17: Wrong-headed anger over unequal benefits - Jimmy Dore Show
Voicemails:
Request for show on immigration - Carlos From Chicagoland
Documentaries to recommend - Earl from Nashville, TN
Show from the 11th is super fantastic - Jonathan from Portland
Voicemail Music:
Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Final comments on my super-creepy email to a progressive Christian and a rule about not scripting submissions for inclusion on the show
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Paybacks a Bitch & New Jersey Gets Downgraded - Daily Show Air Date: 8-18-11
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show. |
| 0:05.3 | For details, visit the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. |
| 0:08.9 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfLeft podcast with Cupsidae from the David Pakman |
| 0:12.7 | show, CounterSpend, The Young Turks, The Progressive, Comedian Lee Camp, Tom Hartman, The Onion |
| 0:18.0 | Radio News, The Jimmy Dore Show, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me with a bonus video clip for |
| 0:22.6 | our Apple iOS and Android app users from The Daily Show. |
| 0:30.0 | Warren Buffett is now saying the super-rich should pay more taxes, not less, and he says |
| 0:35.1 | in a New York Times op-ed, which I highly recommend you look at, that our leaders have asked |
| 0:39.4 | for shared sacrifice, but when they did the asking, they spared me as in Warren Buffett. |
| 0:44.2 | I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were experiencing. |
| 0:48.4 | They too were left untouched, and he brings up the fact, very astutely Lewis, that the |
| 0:53.2 | poor in the middle class are struggling in Afghanistan, Americans, most Americans are |
| 0:57.9 | struggling to make ends meet, and the mega-rich, like Warren Buffett, continue to experience |
| 1:02.9 | the benefits of significant extraordinary tax breaks. |
| 1:07.2 | Some of them earn billions and are able to classify the earnings as carried interest, only |
| 1:15.0 | getting a 15% tax rate, which is pretty remarkable. |
| 1:19.7 | And Warren Buffett goes into detail. |
| 1:21.2 | He says, last year, my federal tax bill, the income tax I paid, as well as payroll taxes |
| 1:26.4 | paid by me and on my behalf, was just under $7 million. |
| 1:30.3 | It sounds like a lot of money, but he makes a lot of money. |
| 1:32.9 | It was only 17.4% of his taxable income. |
| 1:37.8 | Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world, certainly one of the richest in the |
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