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Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 03/05/19 - Today we plumb the depths of economic corruption, as Thom takes on conservative commentators on issues from corporate responsibility, through climate change, the lack of a national health care system, and plus a lengthy consideration of the value of the public investing in free college for our citizens. Guest include conservatives Julio Rivera and Charles Sauer, as well as arch-progressive Senator Merkley, who has a big announcement.

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Thom Hartmann

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

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Purdue Pharma is considering bankruptcy to escape suits over promoting drugs including Oxycontin. Today, Thom holds a fascinating debate with conservative author Julio Rivera- how far is a corporation responsible for its actions? Thom asks if there is a parallel between Purdue and the fossil fuel industry. ------ Thom further explores how deeply the corruption goes with Stephen A. Schiller, author of 'Big Pharma, Big Greed.' ------ Senator Jeff Merkley - Thom calls him a 'true Progressive hero'- joins Thom with a big announcement, and shares his deep concerns the migrants we're imprisoning on the border. ------ As research of the deadliest forms of the flu virus resume, Thom wants to know how our lack of a national health care system makes us all vulnerable to pandemic when millions of Americans simply don't have access to a doctor. ------ Thom continues to explore the consequences of the corruption of wealth in a fascinating debate with conservative Charles Sauer on student debt and the politics of providing a free public education to everyone. ------ And finally, Mike in Oregon thinks solar panels are great. And Earl in Michigan calls to say the Green New Deal is worth it, because 'there will be no economy on a dead planet.' Thom concludes eloquently.

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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

Greetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

0:20.0

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

0:25.5

So the question I'm looking at right now, Purdue Pharma is talking about declaring bankruptcy.

0:31.8

Why? Because, you know, they don't want to be responsible

0:35.3

for killing millions or hundreds of thousands

0:37.9

of Americans and the costs associated with that

0:41.0

after their executives took literally billions of dollars out of the company.

0:45.0

I mean this is just absolutely nuts.

0:48.0

This piece from Common Dreams after spending hundreds of millions of dollars

0:52.0

convincing the American public

0:53.2

that their pain killers are safe for chronic pain.

0:56.7

The drugmaker Purdue Pharma is going to file for bankruptcy.

0:59.8

One of the people who is suing Martha Healy of Massachusetts said Purdue Farmen has

1:04.4

executive built a multi-billion dollar business based on deception and

1:08.1

addiction. The more drugs they sold, the more money they made and the more people

1:11.4

in Massachusetts suffered and died.

1:14.2

Same thing happening with PG&E, which apparently was responsible for the Paradise Fire that

1:20.0

killed what 78 people as I recall, and they're looking at bankruptcy as a way for

1:25.4

their executives and their company to avoid responsibility so is it time to

1:30.0

end corporate bankruptcies that are the result of crimes like Purdue addicting America

1:35.3

and PGE neglecting their maintenance of their high tension lines for years and years

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