Here is something almost no one is talking about but I take it up in this podcast: the repeal of Obamacare, along with its immoral tossing millions of people off health coverage, will cost the country 3 million jobs and $1.5 trillion in economic activity. I break this down for all of us in simple […]
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Episode 29: ACA Repeal Waves Goodbye to 3 Million Jobs & $1.5 Trillion
Posted on 10 May 2017.
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Single-Payer, “Medicare For All”
Posted on 04 May 2017.
The House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act is done. I have a piece posted on CNN.com moments after the vote that argues that it is time for us to rise up, to organize and to demand single-payer, “Medicare for All” health care. Here is the piece The first two paragraphs: Democrats are denouncing […]
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Episode 28: Die or Organize!
Posted on 03 May 2017.
People die at work, and people revolt and organize. All in sharp focus the last few days, I looked at the toll at work of sick, injured and killed workers—and why we mark Workers Memorial Day every April 29th—as well as the May Day mobilization that makes us consider how to change the system. I […]
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Episode 27: 100 Days of Craziness, Bigotry and Bad Stuff
Posted on 26 April 2017.
I dig into the Top 10 really bad things that have happened so far in Donald Trump’s reign, focusing on workers, and the issues we care about in the political revolution. It’s all an easy-to-understand conversation with my expert guest, Heidi Shierholz, Senior Economist and Director of Policy at the Economic Policy Institute. I also talk […]
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Episode 26: Forget ISIS—Uber Is A Greater Threat To Your Security
Posted on 19 April 2017.
Uber or Isis: Which is really a greater threat to the security of millions of people in this country, and around the world? In conversation with national taxi workers advocate Bhairavi Desai and foreign policy expert Phyllis Bennis, I make the point that, by far, the answer is Uber. ISIS is a brutal extremist gang—whose […]
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Episode 25: The Tax Robbery: You Get Fleeced, The Elite Get Rich
Posted on 12 April 2017.
Every day, it happens: the tax system puts unfair burden on the 99.9 percent while the very wealthy and big corporations pocket huge bucks…and a lot of those bucks come right out of our pockets thanks to corporate tax subsidies. Just in time for Tax Day, I talked to three of the leading experts in […]
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Episode 24: The Fed’s Power, The Myths of Politics
Posted on 05 April 2017.
Poof! Before you noticed it, the Federal Reserve Board raised interest rates and, then, no one much talked about it, even though the Fed probably has more power over your job prospects than any politician. So, we talk about The Fed at length with long-time Fed watcher Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic […]
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Episode 23: Where Did All The Money and Jobs Go? CEOs and Domestic Outsourcing
Posted on 29 March 2017.
This isn’t a surprise—CEOs are robbing the great wealth created by workers. But, I add a new wrinkle to the robbery of the people—domestic outsourcing. Yup, you got it. Not jobs running to slave-wage countries but jobs vanishing within the borders of the country. And our Robber Baron of the week, for a second time, […]
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Episode 22: A $54 Billion Strangeloveian Kiss Because The Pentagon Needs More Toys.
Posted on 22 March 2017.
Who cares if old people go hungry if the military-industrial complex can celebrate, right? That’s basically the upshot of Trump throwing a $54 billion increase the Pentagon’s way—even if there is no clear idea what to do with the money, it’s champagne time for the war machine. I go in-depth with two experts on this […]
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Episode 21: “Make America Sick Again”–Or How Republicans Feel Just Fine If You Get Sick And Die
Posted on 15 March 2017.
24 million. Big number. The number of people who will be added to the ranks of those who have no health care coverage. More people will be sicker. More people will go bankrupt. More people will die. I go deep into the “Make America Sick Again” bill, also known as the repeal of Obamacare, and […]
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