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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 02/11/19 - As Progressives put Medicare-for-All and paid college on the agenda, the well-paid pundits fighting for the billionaires are working overtime to try to make 'socialist' into a dirty word. Today, a wide-ranging discussion between Thom and his insightful callers on what socialism already is, and what it could be in 21st century America.

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Thom Hartmann

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Thom's callers from across the country dive deep with Thom as they contemplate existing American socialist institutions- including the military, schools, the road network, and fire departments. And as AOC and the other Progressives propose America truly educate its people and make sure everyone can see a doctor, what is so dangerous to the rich about creating the same government benefits everyone in Canada, Europe, and Japan already have?

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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

My friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

0:20.0

believers in peace, freedom in the American way. Robert Sanders tweeted something out that

0:25.3

it's like this is great I've got to share this with you. Back in 1980

0:29.9

Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter had a debate, a presidential debate.

0:35.0

And in that debate, Jimmy Carter said something.

0:37.7

He made a proposal.

0:39.2

And Reagan famously, I mean this is probably the only thing anybody remembers in that debate,

0:44.4

Reagan famously said there you go again.

0:47.2

You know what Reagan was saying there you go again about?

0:50.7

He was ridiculing Jimmy Carter for wanting to have Medicare for

0:56.1

all. Let that sink in for a minute. Reagan saying, there you go again, was ridiculing Jimmy Carter for wanting

1:04.8

Medicare for all here is the clip it's 49 seconds listen to this.

1:08.1

Reagan as a matter of fact began his political career campaigning around this nation against Medicare.

1:15.0

Now we have an opportunity to move toward national health insurance with an emphasis on the

1:25.0

on outpatient care not inpatient care.

1:26.0

An emphasis on hospital cost containment to hold down the cost of

1:30.0

hospital care for those who are ill.

1:32.0

An emphasis on catastrophic health insurance. care for those who are ill.

1:33.0

And if it's its own catastrophic health insurance,

1:35.0

so that if a family is threatened with being wiped out economically

1:38.0

because of a very high medical bill,

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