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The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 5/8/2018

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

He's Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice.

0:19.0

Believers, Nate?

0:22.0

What's going on? Believers, Nate? Nate?

0:23.0

What's going on?

0:25.0

Greetings by friend, yeah, hey, I'm, yeah, I'm seeing audio over there.

0:29.0

Greetings by friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth, and justice, believers in peace, freedom, and the American

0:35.7

way, Tom Hartman here with you.

0:38.1

And a lot in the news today, Americans for Tax Fairness.

0:43.0

Well, first of all, you've got Donald Trump getting ready to blow up the Iran deal.

0:48.0

And, you know, we'll see how that goes.

0:51.0

And Americans for Tax Fairness are pointing out, excuse me, stock buybacks

0:56.3

climbed to $387 billion yesterday. This is the way that big corporations and billionaires make sure that the tax breaks for corporations turn into extra billions, hundreds of millions, tens of millions, and mere millions in the pockets of stockholders and

1:14.8

CEOs and senior executives. In the latest evidence here it says that the

1:21.6

Trump GOP tax scam was never intended to help working

1:24.7

Americans. Stock buybacks climbed to $387 billion yesterday, 58 times more

1:30.4

than the six billion that corporations have announced are Americans for

1:34.2

tax fairness estimates will go to workers through one-time bonuses or pay

1:38.5

increases. Apple's announcement yesterday have a $100 billion dollar

1:42.1

buyback program, 33 times more

1:46.1

than the 300 million it's promised workers

1:48.3

in one-time bonuses is one of the worst betrayals

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