(2012/10/02) Kill the poor (Economics)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 2 October 2012
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Edition #649
Kill the poor
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Forbes 400 Richest Americans List - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-22-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money) - Pet Shop Boys
Ch. 4: Act 2: The Wealthy Show Off - Howdyland.com
Ch. 5: Song 2: Si Tu N'étais Pas Là (Frébel) - Yann Tiersen
Ch. 6: Act 3: Robin Hood Tax - BotL Activism Update
Ch. 7: Song 3: Robin Hood - Dick James
Ch. 8: Act 4: How the Rich Screwed the Middle Class - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-17-12
Ch. 9: Song 4: What's going on - Marvin Gaye
Ch. 10: Act 5: CEO Needs $30 Million Aspen Home To Recharge Batteries - The Onion
Ch. 11: Song 5: Relaxing Piano and Shakuhachi Flute Music - Chinese and Japanese Koto Harp and Shakuhachi Flute Music
Ch. 12: Act 6: Romney: It's Fair That I Pay Lower Tax Rate Than $50000 Earner - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 09-26-12
Ch. 13: Song 6: Easy - Deer Tick
Ch. 14: Act 7: Income Inequality and the Forgotten Poor - The Progressive - Air Date: 9-13-12
Ch. 15: Song 7: Working poor - Horse Feathers
Ch. 16: Act 8: Republicans Want Wealth Redistribution - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-24-12
Ch. 17: Song 8: Working class hero - Exit Clov
Ch. 18: Act 9: How Ronald Reagan killed the American Dream - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 09-27-12
Ch. 19: Song 9: Bet against the American dream - This American Life
Ch. 20: Act 10: Against The Destitute - Howdyland.com
Ch. 21: Song 10: Kill the poor - Dead Kennedys
Ch. 22: Act 11: #Occupy didn't entirely reform all of capitalism in one year - CounterSpin - Air Date: 9-21-12
Ch. 23: Song 11: Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Ch. 24: Act 12: Classism on display at the grocery - This Week in Blackness - Air Date: 9-26-12
Ch. 25: Song 12: Leap - The Cave Singers
Ch. 26: Act 13: Protests Against Austerity Sweep Spain, Greece - Majority Report - Air Date: 09-27-12
Ch. 27: Song 13: March in the street - Boat
Ch. 28: Act 14 : What You're Doing Right Now Might Not Matter At All - LeeCamp - Air Date: 09-04-12 -
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:05.8 | the membership tab at BestOfLeft.com. |
| 0:08.1 | Now welcome to the award-winning BestOfLeft podcast with Cubsidate from the Young Turks, |
| 0:12.2 | HowdyLand.com. |
| 0:13.2 | A BestOfLeft activism update, the Tom Hartman program, The Onion Radio News, The David |
| 0:17.4 | Packing Show, The Progressive Counter-Spin, This Week in Blackness, The Majority Report, |
| 0:21.7 | and Comedian League Camp. |
| 0:23.3 | And a note for our listeners, if this episode causes you to wish ill on others to make |
| 0:26.8 | yourself feel better, please adjust your paradigm. |
| 0:30.2 | Let me run through the Forbes 400 for you guys. |
| 0:33.9 | Combine Net Worth in 2012, 400 richest people in the country, $1.7 trillion. |
| 0:40.2 | But look, we live in economic tough times, so obviously that number must have gone down |
| 0:43.8 | in the last year as it has for the median American family, right? |
| 0:47.4 | Yeah, wrong again, Bob. |
| 0:49.0 | In 2011, it was $1.5 trillion. |
| 0:51.4 | It has actually gone up significantly. |
| 0:53.4 | Are you ready for this? |
| 0:54.9 | When they signed the Forbes 400 in the year 1982, their combined net worth was only |
| 0:59.5 | $93 billion. |
| 1:01.6 | Went from $93 billion to $1.7 trillion. |
| 1:05.2 | See, I wonder if the richer get richer. |
| 1:08.8 | If that isn't clear enough for you, last year, the average net worth of the 400 richest |
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