(2013/01/11) America goes cliff diving (Economics)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 12 January 2013
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #677
America goes cliff diving
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Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Obama Answers With 'Kenyan' Word And More Great Fiscal Humor - Wait Wait Don't Tell Me - Air Date 12-8-12
Ch. 3: Song 1: Fear is a villain - Theo Bard
Ch. 4: Act 2: Small Robin Hood Tax Could Save Fiscal Cliff - CounterSpin - Air Date 12-14-12
Ch. 5: Song 2: Robin Hood - Dick James
Ch. 6: Act 3: Go F— Yourself! - Fake Fiscal Cliff Drama - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-04-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Play the game - Shout Out Louds
Ch. 8: Act 4: Obama's Tax Deal a Net Plus - The Progressive - AIr Date: 1-2-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Shambala - Three Dog Night
Ch. 10: Act 5: America goes cliff diving - The Bugle - Air Date: 1-4-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Gobbledigook - Sigur Rós
Ch. 12: Act 6: The media takes the side of the rich in fiscal cliff debate - CounterSpin - Air Date: 1-4-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: My wealth comes to me - Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore
Ch. 14: Act 7: Obama Tax Cuts - Worse Than Bush Plan? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-04-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: The revenge of Holden Caufield - Nothing Ever Stays
Ch. 16: Act 8: Just Who Won The Fiscal Cliff Fight? - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 01-03-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: I Know What I Know (with General M.D. Shirinda & The Gaza Sisters) - Paul Simon
Ch. 18: Act 9: Fiscal Cliff agreement about rich friends - Le Show - Air Date: 1-6-13
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show. |
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| 0:08.8 | Now, welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with Hubsiday from Wait-Wait-Don't |
| 0:12.8 | Tell Me, Counter-Spend, The Young Turks, The Progressive, The Bugle, The Tom Hartman |
| 0:16.9 | Program, and The Show. |
| 0:18.8 | And a note for our more sensitive listeners, anyone afraid of heights or bad metaphors may |
| 0:23.0 | wish to avoid this program. |
| 0:30.0 | Okay, your next quote is from Mr. Burns on The Simpsons. |
| 0:33.0 | Think of the economy as a car. |
| 0:36.5 | And the rich man is the driver. |
| 0:39.2 | If you don't give the driver all the money, he'll drive you over a cliff. |
| 0:42.9 | It's just common sense. |
| 0:45.1 | Mr. Burns was explaining what? |
| 0:47.1 | The fiscal cliff. |
| 0:48.5 | The fiscal cliff. |
| 0:49.5 | Yes, of course. |
| 0:50.5 | Here we are again, talking about the fiscal cliff. |
| 0:52.9 | Another week, another seven days, rushing over the cliff. |
| 0:56.4 | Everybody seems to be scared of it, but apparently we're all willing to go over it. |
| 1:00.4 | So each side can prove how confident they are in their positions. |
| 1:04.4 | It's not a fiscal cliff, it's a fiscal trust fall. |
| 1:09.4 | But this week, the crisis started to seem different. |
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