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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Greg LeRoy, State of the Union, Listener Questions

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ralph talks to Greg LeRoy of Good Jobs First about how to fight shady development deals in your community and along the way Steve and David find out that the New York Stock Exchange is actually a non-profit organization. Ralph also gives his review of the president's State of the Union address, and we answer more listener questions.



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0:00.0

From the K-P-F-K studios in Southern California,

0:03.6

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.8

Stand up, stand up.

0:08.0

You've been sitting great to long.

0:18.9

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan coming to you once again from Mumbai India where I'm spreading the gospel of everybody who loves Raymond.

0:23.8

My co-host David Feldman coming to us again from New York City and of course the man of the

0:28.4

hour.

0:29.4

Mr Ralph Nader from Washington DC, Welcome, gentlemen.

0:33.0

Today we're going to talk about the State of the Union.

0:35.8

Go through some more of your Facebook questions.

0:37.6

But David, tell us about our guest today first.

0:40.2

Our guest today is Greg Leroy, who has been dubbed God's Witness to Corporate Welfare.

0:45.2

His organization is called Good Jobs First, which is a resource center offering tools

0:50.2

for activists, researchers, legislators, journalists, and anyone seeking to

0:55.1

unearth information on development deals, those backroom bargains made

0:59.6

between local politicians and the business community at the expense of you, the taxpayer.

1:05.2

Mr. Leroy founded Good Jobs First in 1998 after winning a public interest pioneer award. Ralph, that sounds like one of the awards. Public Interest Pioneer Award.

1:12.6

Ralph, that sounds like one of the award shows you would actually watch on television.

1:17.2

Say hello to Greg, Ralph.

1:19.4

Hello, Greg.

1:20.6

I've known Greg for many years.

1:22.4

He is a long-term runner. He's a marathon runner on an area that it should get a lot more mass media. Namely, what we call the corporate welfare state massive taxpayer subsidies local

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