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The Hartmann Report

Why the GOP May Actually Want a Second Great Depression

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This is a story as old as capitalism. During the Republican Great Depression of the 1930s, for example, some of America’s greatest fortunes were made or massively expanded. Also, Geeky Science about fried foods: Can French Fries bring on depression?

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This is the Tom Harbin program.

0:46.6

And welcome back, Tom Harbin here with you. I'll be picking up your phone calls and just a wee

0:51.2

little bit here. Also, and why the Republican Party may actually want a second great depression.

0:57.7

Yeah, I know it sounds completely counterintuitive, but you have to understand how things work if

1:02.4

you're morbidly rich. Also, is the Republican Party throwing in the towel on DeSantis and backing

1:07.5

Trump? And if a recession or depression sets in and it flips that way, are we looking at becoming

1:14.4

a Hungarian type of fascist state? We'll talk about that. Also, not sure I've seen anything more

1:19.6

sad in a while than this Montana legislators saying that she would rather have her daughter

1:24.9

commit suicide than become transgender. And can French fries bring on depression?

1:32.6

This is an amazing little bit of science that has to do with a chemical called acrylamide.

1:37.8

And I'll give you all the details on that. So I did want to talk about a couple of things here

1:43.5

before I pick up your phone calls. The first is why the Republican Party may actually want a second

1:51.9

great depression. We talked about this briefly yesterday, and in fact, I mentioned it in my daily

1:58.2

take today, which is titled why the GOP may actually want a second great depression. And that is that

2:05.9

people were calling us and going, well, why would the Republicans who really represent the

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