PAYING DUES TO LIVE IN CIVILIZED SOCIETY
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Why do billionaires and the vastly rich pay almost nothing in income tax? Libertarian Charles Sauer wrangles with Thom on what tax system produces the best society. And then- Economist Richard Wolff analyzes the consequences of oil being sold in currencies other than the dollar.
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| 0:42.8 | This is the Tom Harbin program. |
| 0:46.0 | And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace, |
| 0:52.0 | freedom and the American way, Tom Harbin here with you. |
| 0:55.1 | Charles Sauer is going to drop by to debate that tax increase that Joe Biden is talking about |
| 0:59.6 | that I'm going to get into in just a second. |
| 1:01.5 | Professor Richard Wolfe is going to drop by. |
| 1:03.5 | Will the Russian rubble oil scheme work? |
| 1:06.4 | What does petro currency or the US, you know, the dollar being the world reserve currency? |
| 1:12.1 | What does that mean? |
| 1:13.6 | And how does that affect oil and the whole oil price? |
| 1:16.3 | Also, I've got a great geeky science for you, the green cryptocurrency fossil fuel bullpucky exposed. |
| 1:23.3 | And coke, the coke industries. |
| 1:25.8 | And Donald Trump refused to stop doing business in Russia. |
| 1:29.1 | Joe Manchin has now come out and said he opposes Biden's planned attacks of billionaires. |
| 1:34.3 | What's this going to do to democratic candidates in the upcoming election? |
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