AMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH THE GRIFT
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Why is it so rarely acknowledged in the media that the corruption of politics by poisonous big money is behind so much of the ongoing dysfunction? Americans are tired of both corporate and also political grift. Can the Democrats fight back when a handful on their side have sold out too? Or will fascist oligarchy ultimately replace democracy?
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| 0:42.6 | This is the Tom Harbin Program. |
| 0:47.7 | I want to start out with my daily rant over at harbinreport.com. |
| 0:51.5 | Americans are fed up with both corporate and political grift. |
| 0:55.6 | You know, the big question is, can Biden and the Democrats reverse that trend? |
| 1:00.1 | And I start the story out talking about this boat, the Louise and I bought in |
| 1:04.4 | Washington DC. We lived in it for seven years. |
| 1:07.6 | In the same arena where Joe Manchin has his much, much larger yacht. |
| 1:11.8 | And then we sold it when we came back to Portland. |
| 1:13.8 | It was very, actually turned out to be a very interesting, fascinating actually, |
| 1:18.5 | and relatively inexpensive way to live in DC. |
| 1:21.6 | A lot cheaper actually than an apartment or a condo or anything like that. |
| 1:24.9 | This boat was built in 1986. It was a criss-craft constellation. |
| 1:29.3 | All the appliances were original. |
| 1:31.4 | The washer, the dryer, the stove, the refrigerator. |
| 1:35.8 | And they all worked after 35 years. |
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