WILL THE GOP BRING AMERICA TO ITS KNEES?
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
National Progressive Town Hall Meeting with California's Rep Ro Khanna answering listener questions. Also the French vs American fight about Social Security. President Emmanuel Macron is focusing on cutting costs in France’s pension system, but labor unions, which fiercely oppose the measure, have promised a showdown. 'This Is Corruption': Joe Manchin's Chief of Staff is now the chief lobbyist for Big Oil- "'Shocking!' said absolutely no one," responded one climate advocate.
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| 0:42.7 | This is the Tom Hartman program. |
| 0:49.2 | And welcome back, Tom Hartman here with you. |
| 0:51.6 | We've got a lot to talk about today, the French versus the American fight over social security |
| 0:56.8 | Macron has got a big problem on his hands right now. |
| 0:59.1 | He wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 in France. |
| 1:03.1 | We'll get to that in just a moment. |
| 1:04.7 | Also, Joe Manchin's chief of staff has now become a lobbyist for big oil. |
| 1:10.5 | In fact, one of the chief lobbyists for big oil, is this corruption? |
| 1:14.4 | I don't know, we'll talk about that too. |
| 1:15.8 | So a lot to cover. |
| 1:18.5 | And Congressman Row Conna will be with us taking your calls in a national progressive town hall meeting. |
| 1:24.6 | But to start off, in France right now, President Macron has a problem on his hands. |
| 1:32.4 | And this kind of tells you everything you need to know about the difference between America and France. |
| 1:38.0 | He wants to raise the retirement age, they call it the pension system. |
| 1:44.0 | We call it social security here. |
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