Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
TRILLION
It wasn’t that long ago that using the number ‘one trillion’ truly was like saying ‘a gagillion bazillion’. Well it’s time we learn how many zeroes are involved in that number. It’s 12. We have a Trillion Dollars to offer and The Bankers want it. Who knew?
Do NOT make that deal. [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
Are we teetering on the brink of a global economic death spiral?
I’ll ask Michael Ettlinger, Vice President for Economic Policy at American Progress
And John R. Talbott, Former investment banker for Goldman Sachs and author of 5 books on economic theory, his latest: “Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics” (Seven Stories Press – [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
Matt Yglesias, Senior Editor at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, joins Rachel today to talk about the politics of the bail out bill. What do Republicans really want? Is the GOP as disorganized and fractured as it seems? Are Republicans just trying to hang this albatross around Democrats’ collective neck?
Also, Paul Rieckhoff, executive [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
Linda Douglas, advisor to Barack Obama, who is traveling with the Presidential Candidate joins us in the 1st hour of Today’s show.
Norman Goldman, our Senior Legal Analyst joins the 1st hour of Today’s show to discuss the legal side of the $700 billion bailout.
Howard Kurtz of CNN Reliable Sources and the Washington Post joins the [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
Hour One – Ralph Reed www.ralphreed.com Topic: Thom and Ralph debate Republican campaign strategy; and, should we be worried about John McCain’s gambling habit?
Hour Two - Barbara Comstock www.savetheelection.com Topic: Thom and Barbara debate the Employee Free Choice Act…why do Republicans want to kill it?
Hour Three – Robert Baer www.crownpublishing.com Topic: his book “THE DEVIL [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2008 by am1090
Bill Maher, host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO, calls in at 6:20am to talk about his new documentary, Religulous, which opens this weekend.
Dems and GOP on Capitol Hill immediately blamed each other for the failure of a $700 billion bailout package in the house on Monday. The package, which was backed by [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by am1090
MCCAIN FOR DRAMA QUEEN
OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
The first Presidential debate Friday was a contrast in substance and style. Obama brought both. McCain was a nasty lying troll with no solutions.
Obama was thoughtful and prepared. Addressing mistakes that were made and presenting his vision for the future, calmly and decisively. McCain was a [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by am1090
The bail out bill has failed. Why did it fail? Well, according to Republicans it’s because their feelings were hurt by that big ol’ mean Democrat, Nancy Pelosi. So on today’s show Rachel will be talking to economist Dean Baker about why he thinks the crisis doesn’t warrant a bail out of this magnitude. And [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by am1090listener
According the US Census Bureau there are 305,290,868 people living in the US. Imagine the type of stimulus the economy would get if every person living in the US were to receive $200,000.00? That’s only $611,581,7636.00, much less than $700 billion.
People could keep their homes, pay off their mortgages, put kids through college, buy groceries, [...]
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Posted on September 29, 2008 by am1090
Sen. Bob Casey, D-PA, joins the 1st hour of Today’s show.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, joins the 2nd hour of Today’s show.
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-ND, joins the 3rd hour of Today’s show.
The House votes on the financial rescue plan. We’ll bring you the latest.
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