Tag Archives: Thom Hartmann

“The American Way”–What Happened to It?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Thom Hartmann sums up America’s economic problems in eight minutes.  A brilliant analysis on what’s gone wrong and what we need to do about it.

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BPR Quote of the Day: Kings and Kingdoms

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“‘Smaller government,’ it turns out, is not actually smaller government but different government. It’s government for the rich instead of government for the rest of us. It’s a departure from democracy and a shift toward the old hierarchical systems of … Continue reading →

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Resurrecting Democracy

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Citizens United, the horrendous 2010 Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections crushed what was left of democracy in America. The amount of money that poured in to the 2010 midterm elections, as … Continue reading →

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Democracy R.I.P.

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Thom Hartmann echoes what I’ve been writing, the 2010 Citizens United decision of the conservative Supreme Court has destroyed what was left of our democracy. Hartmann is more generous in saying we are a just a few years from being … Continue reading →

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