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Showing videos filed under: infrastructure
Lena Taylor & Rosa Clemente, Make Wall Street Pay, and Philanthro-Feudalism
March 8, 2011"There is a time to fight and a time to unite, and now is the time to unite. If we divide now when we are trying to win the war, then I think we have fallen right into the divide and conquer mentality," says Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, still in an undisclosed location outside of her state to delay a vote on Scott Walker's union-busting "budget repair" bill.The F Word: Philanthro-Feudalism is the Future!
March 8, 2011China's new economic plan is a relic of the past. It focusses on raising standards of living. How exotic, how quaint, how old world. When China's leaders unveiled their latest five-year plan recently, they revealed that their focus is on lowering inequality, investing in railroads and highways and hospitals. And expanding domestic demand through income subsidies. Imagine.Dean Baker, Laila El-Haddad & Remi Kanazi, Wisconsin, and the Budget
February 16, 2011"People who want to see the budget cut are people who are advocating throwing people out of work, it's that simple," says Dean Baker of the pressure from conservatives on Obama's budget--pressure, it appears, that Obama is conceding to as he brags that discretionary spending will be the lowest since Eisenhower's administration.The F Word: Obama Should Be Ashamed of His Budget
February 16, 2011“This freeze would cut the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, bringing this kind of spending -- domestic discretionary spending -- to its lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President. Let me repeat that...."Making Infrastructure Sexy Again
February 17, 2010After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.Infrastructure, Kathleen Hanna, and Jay Smooth
February 16, 2010After our terrifying experience with a manhole explosion and fire at the office last Thursday, the pressing need for infrastructure investment was brought home to us here at GRITtv in a very real way. Years of budget cuts and tax cuts have led to public safety hazards around the country, and the stimulus bill isn't enough to fix all the electrical, structural, and other problems.Year in Review: Thomas Frank
January 1, 2010As we look back at the 2000s and forward to the future, one thing is clear: the Bush decade left our government gutted and useless. Is there a way to fix it? Back in November, we asked someone who's a bit of an expert on the subject.Week in Review: Thomas Frank
December 11, 2009Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America and The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation, has spent a lot of time thinking about why people are Republicans or Democrats. His study of conservatives has left him convinced that having anti-government people in charge of government leads only to destruction.Thomas Frank: Confront the Wrecking Crew
December 9, 2009Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of Americaand The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Ruined Government, Enriched Themselves, and Beggared the Nation, has spent a lot of time thinking about why people are Republicans or Democrats. His study of conservatives has left him convinced that having anti-government people in charge of government leads only to destruction.Jobs, Thomas Frank, Copenhagen and Honduras
December 8, 2009President Obama spoke today about the need for more government action to spur job creation, but, our guests today note, the problems with unemployment and underemployment in this country aren't just results of this current recession, and they will not be fixed simply by returning to where we were.
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