Why Some Millionaires Are Fighting To Pay More In Taxes
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Today is another Tax Day and most Americans are trying to get a refund or even have to enough to pay their taxes. A group of millionaires is fighting to make sure they taxed a higher rate.
The Patriotic Millionaires believe it is their responsibility to pay more in taxes since they can afford to pay more.
Morris Pearl, former Managing Director of BlackRock Inc and Chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires joins the program to discuss why the wealthy should be taxed more than other groups.
Why Libertarians Are Happy with Inequality? (w/ Charles Sauer)
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Today is Tax Day. While some millionaires are fighting to pay more in taxes, libertarians like economist Charles Sauer joins the program to debate Thom on taxes and inequality.
Charles Saurer believes that keeping taxes low on the rich will create jobs.
Do you think the working poor are taking on additional taxes so the rich can create jobs, or is there something else going on?
Rep. Ilhan Omar Under Attack From Trump: What Would You Do?
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Ilhan Omar is facing attack from Donald Trump. This past weekend Rep. Omar found herself the target of a twitter video shared by the president which portrays the first term member of congress as soneone in league with the country's enemies.
What would you do if you found yourself the target of one of Trump's vicious attacks?
Equal Rights Amendment - Why We Still Need To Ratify The ERA
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The ERA, Equal Rights Amendment, still needs to be ratified after laying dormant for nearly forty years and we are almost there.
Winsome McIntosh joins the program to discuss why the Equal Rights Amendment needs to be ratified immediately and what the results of passing the Equal Rights Amendment will be.
Did Bernie Sanders Just Win Over Fox News Viewers?
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Bernie Sanders may have just got a room full of Fox News viewers to not only cheer for Medicare For All and Universal Healthcare but he did it, using progressive talking points.
Bernie Sanders appeared on Fox News for a Town Hall, where the Senator and 2020 Presidential hopeful was able to get more than half the audience to applaud socialized healthcare?
Did Bernie out fox Fox News?
Could this be proof that progressive politics works and stands a great chance against Trump?
Why The Mueller Investigation Was Deeply Flawed (w/ Kenneth F. McCallion)
Is Trump Creating His Own Private Police Force?
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Does Donald Trump have a private police force?
Just like a handful of world leaders before him, it is starting to look like Donald Trump is creating his own private police force out of ICE.
Could Impeachment Force Release Of Mueller Report? (w/ Mark Pocan)
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Could impeachment proceedings reveal the whole Mueller Report, currently redacted by William Barr? An impeachment proceeding would invoke obscure law that would give Congress the ability to seek out the full unredacted Mueller Investigation without Bill Barr's redaction.
Mark Pocan answers a caller's question on how Congress and the public can get the full Mueller report released through impeaching the President.
What's The Worst Thing Trump Has Done As President So Far?
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Donald Trump has been hurting America since he announced his run for president by ramping up anti-immigrant sentiment and spreading dangerous rumors of migrants who arrive through our southern border.
Since then he has tried to ban Muslim people from the country and increased tensions with other countries. He helped Saudi Arabia's campaign against the people of Yemen, removing any chance of peace in Israel/Palestine and sucks up to dictators and autocrats, grows the Alt-Right, and went after Black Lives Matter & Anti-Fascists, and much much more.
But which of these is the worst thing that Trump has done? Watch what Thom has to say.
Is For-Profit Healthcare Bankrupting You? - Medicare For All?
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Americans are going broke from lack of access to healthcare, and much worse.
At the same time, United Healthcare and other private health insurance companies are making mind-boggling profits.
When are Americans going to stop healthcare companies from sabotaging Medicare for All and controlling our politics?
Can We Stop Retail Apocalypse Before America Loses More Jobs?
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Retail companies across the country are closing down. In the first three months of 2019, more than five thousand retail stores closed for good.
Is this evidence of a sick twisted monopoly, or is this the consequence of automation, or online shopping giants like Amazon wiping out the retail sector of the economy?
Time To Impeach Bill Barr?
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The Mueller Report is out and even though it has been heavily redacted it is already contradicting the two-page summary Attorney General Bill Barr put out earlier this year.
Now everyone wants to know if lying to the American people about the findings of the Mueller Report is an impeachable offense in itself?
Do you think it is time to get rid of William Barr?
Did Manafort Ask Russia For Help Winning Midwestern States For Trump?
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Did Paul Manafort ask Russian oligarchs for help winning midwestern states for Trump in the 2016 election?
The Mueller Report exposed possible election fraud between the Trump campaign and Russia through interactions between Paul Manafort and the Russian oligarchs where Manafort apparently asked for help in winning midwestern states.
Did Bill Barr End Mueller Report Before Investigation Finished?
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Did Barr pull the plug on the Mueller investigation early?
The release of the full Mueller report reveals that Robert Mueller could have investigated much longer if he was given the opportunity. What else would Robert Mueller have found on Trump if the investigation was allowed to continue and what does this say about Bill Barr and his intention in ending the investigation early?
What Happens If We DON'T Impeach Trump?
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Some are worried about what the effects of impeaching Donald Trump would be if it happened today. Could the Democrats successfully impeach him, get him out of office, or would the consequences of impeachment make Donald Trump more popular in the upcoming 2020 election?
Thom Hartmann breaks down the history of impeachment and why Donald Trump's impeachment would be different than the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
Private Health Insurance Companies Don't Give A Shot
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Your health insurance company doesn't give a shot or your medicine, so why are we paying so much to corporations that are only in it for the money?
Medicare for all could be a solution to this, as one caller who experienced the benefits of such a system in Canada.
In our own country, Medicare for all is being countered by conservatives and the right wing with the word "freedom."
What does the freedom we as Americans cherish mean if we do not have the freedom to get the medicine, food, and shelter we need? What is freedom when healthcare companies like United can deny coverage of life-saving medicine or raise prices arbitrarily?
Does Our Part-Time Economy, Create Part Time Democracy?
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A lot of Americans are experiencing part time democracy as a result of part time jobs.
90% of all the jobs created since 2009 are part time or temporary jobs. Although Donald Trump is saying that the economy is growing, it is actually reliant on these part time jobs.
What is going to happen when the temporary jobs dry up?
Fear Of Impeaching Donald Trump Could Put Democracy At Risk
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Could impeaching Donald Trump lead to an increase in popularity for him like the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and if so should Democrats wait until after the 2020 election to begin impeachment proceedings?
Impeachment itself could expose Donald Trump and his crimes and could give Congress even more information about the Mueller Report itself and other crimes not investigated so far.
Do you think impeachment is a good way to uncover Trump's crimes to the American people or will that lead to more popularity for the president?
Should Trump Be Committed To A Mental Health Facility?
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Donald Trump's campaign opened with shouts of "lock her up" from his followers and supporters. Two years into his presidency calls for impeaching Donald Trump are using that phrase against him.
Now Dr. Justin Frank, psychoanalyst, and author of 'Trump on the Couch' joins the Thom Hartmann program to call for locking Donald Trump up in a mental health facility.
Is it time to put Donald Trump in the funny farm? Is the President's mental health out for lunch?
Media Impeachment Strategy
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Donald Trump is a master of the media. We have to figure out a way to get the media to pay attention to the crimes of Donald Trump before his crimes fall into the background as the daily outrages of Donald Trump spill out, leading us into the 2020 Election.
What strategy can progressives use to take control of the media out of the right wing and Donald Trump?
Trump‘s NAFTA 2.0 Exposed! (w/ Lori Wallach)
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Donald Trump's NAFTA 2.0 is only a marginal change from the original NAFTA and complete with all the problems NAFTA brought with it including the damage to the environment, working people, and unions.
Impeachment vs Censure: Can The Democratic Party Save The World From Trump?
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Some are saying that a censure resolution would be more effective than an impeachment hearing in fear that unsuccessfully impeaching Donald Trump would lead to his victory in the upcoming 2020 elections.
The key is not whether or not impeachment can succeed in the house, but whether or not it can wake up the American people to the crimes of Donald Trump. And impeachment has that kind of ability.
How Many Americans Agree With Trump's Worst Goals?
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Donald Trump opened his campaign with hatred and has continued to use his role as president to spread and inflame hatred.
One caller asks Thom Hartmann just how many Americans agree with Donald Trump's worst goals and hold that kind of hatred in their own hearts.
Nuclear Power Plants Not Prepared For Climate Change (w/ Paul Gunter)
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Nuclear power plants are not prepared for the effects of climate change.
Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter discussed the dangers of flooding, earthquakes and climate change on America's nuclear power infrastructure.
Yellow Vests At Notre Dame Protest Over Billionaires Donations
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After a fire burned the historical Notre Dame building to the ground, billionaires donated millions overnight to its restoration. In response, France's Yellow Vest Movement is protesting against these billionaires and the restoration of the Notre Dame cathedral, believing that the money should go to the people and that the billionaires ability to donate so much so fast was an example of the income inequality that produced this movement from the start.
Cole Stangler joins the program to discuss what/why the Yellow Vests are protesting over billionaire donations toward Notre Dame.