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The Michael Steele Podcast

Rebuilding America's Middle Class (with Thom Hartmann)

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with Progressive radio host, Thom Hartmann. The pair discuss rebuilding America's middle class and the need to re-transfer wealth from the top 1%. They also discuss the failures of messaging by Democrats, types of Conservatism shaped by Eisenhower and Reagan, and the implications of Project 2025.

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0:00.0

Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,

0:05.9

three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her

0:09.7

oversized tent, Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.

0:13.0

All right.

0:14.0

Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.

0:16.0

And don't get us started on Mel.

0:19.0

But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.0

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.

0:22.6

All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.

0:25.6

Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.

0:28.0

P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.

0:30.1

Rebuilding the middle class, there's really kind of two pieces to it.

0:34.1

Like I said, there's this 51 trillion dollar transfer of wealth,

0:38.0

with a T, which is a mind-boggling amount of money,

0:41.6

from the middle class to the top 1 percent. We've got to get some of that back down into the middle class.

0:48.5

Why are today's liberals so bad at making the case.

0:52.6

For the retransfer of wealth back to the Michael Still Podcast. We have a great conversation lined up for you today and certainly I have to say up front if you love the podcast please tell your friends about it

1:14.4

Share the love for this brother I appreciate it when you do give us a review on Apple

1:18.8

podcast do the download thing it all works it works. It makes me feel all yummy inside. You can find me on

1:26.5

Twitter at Michael Steele and the podcast on Twitter at Steele-undescore podcast. This podcast is part of the Bullwork network. I'm so happy this is now a week into being a part of the Bullwork family and I'm so glad to be to be a part of the work here, the Bullwork. You can find them on social media at Bullwork online. So today I wanted to have a conversation with someone who has been a liberal knows liberalism, the progressive movement from a more

1:59.9

traditional perspective if you will. He is an author of businessman, radio personality, and

2:07.0

progressive political commentator, none other than Tom Hartman. He has been the nation's number one progressive talk show host for over a decade, a decade.

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