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

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great to jump. Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman.

What's up with you today, David? Good morning. We have a great show. I'm looking forward to it.

Yes. And we also have the man of the hour, Ralph Nader.

Hello, Ralph.

Hello, this is a unique show because where else can we interview the head of patriotic

millionaires exactly this this is the show where you hear voices and we explore

ideas not found on most other shows.

Today is no exception on the program today we are going to talk to a quote-unquote

traitor to his class Morris Pearl who gathered together a bunch of other traders and chairs an

organization called Patriotic Millionaires, which is a group of wealthy Americans who, among other things,

are actually willing to pay higher taxes to address issues

of both economic and political inequality.

We're also going to talk to one of Ralph's old compatriots in the fight for consumer rights, a man who was instrumental in the fight against big tobacco

as well as being the head of the Federal Trade Commission under Jimmy Carter, that's Michael Perchuck, who has written a new book entitled,

When the Senate Worked for Us, The Invisible Role of Staff,

when countering corporate lobbies.

We will as always check in on the latest Tom Fulery going on in the world of big business with our corporate crime reporter Russell Mokiber and at the end of the show

Ralph is going to weigh in on the controversy going on between the NFL and the President of the United States and we'll talk a little

bit about Puerto Rico too but first just as the president is about to

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