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The Hartmann Report

HOSTAGE-TAKING IS NO WAY TO GOVERN

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

News, Congress, America, Thom Hartmann, Climate Change, Democracy, Debate, Economics, The Hartmann Report

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Thom dives deep on why brinkmanship over the debt ceiling is terrible for the economy. And then, the Market Institute's Charles Sauer squares off with Thom over the economics- and the politics- of government deficits.

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0:46.0

And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

0:50.8

believers in peace, freedom and the American way Tom Hartman here with you.

0:55.6

Is this the last gasp of the Republican Party's two Santa Claus scam?

1:00.7

I'll fill you in on that in a moment.

1:02.4

Also, hell no, on Joe Manchin pushing a Social Security deal with the Republicans.

1:08.4

And is Sam Alito, both the leaker and the victim here in this whole Supreme Court thing?

1:15.4

Brilliant.

1:16.8

Are we seeing the last gasp of the GOP's two Santa Claus scam?

1:21.5

Back in November, I talked about this.

1:23.4

This is right after the Republicans won the election, one majority control of the House

1:27.9

representatives around November 18th, more or less, you know, plus or minus a couple of days.

1:34.2

And what I said at the time was that look out, here it comes, the two Santa Claus scam,

1:41.2

you know, they're going to rerun this scam.

1:42.9

They've been doing it since the 80s.

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