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Democracy Now! Tues. Dec. 14, 2010
A federal judge in Virginia has ruled the government cannot force Americans to purchase mandatory health insurance or face penalties. Judge Henry Hudson, is the part-owner of Campaign Solutions, a Republican consulting firm that has worked to oppose healthcare reform. The U.S. Senate is on the verge of approving President Obama’s controversial tax deal with Republicans. We speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist David Cay Johnston. At least four prisons in Georgia remain in lockdown five days after prisoners went on strike in protest of poor living and working conditions. We speak to longtime prison activist Elaine Brown of the newly formed group Concerned Coalition to Respect Prisoners’ Rights. Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour.
Email this pageGRITtv: Oct. 27, 2010
A weak foundation cannot properly support a massive superstructure, as the leaning Tower of Pisa shows. The latest wage data show the disastrous results some of us warned about, although like the famous tower, the economy only lists badly and has not collapsed.That's from David Cay Johnston's latest piece, digging into the scary numbers on real wages in the U.S. Who's making money, and how much of it? He joins us via Skype to discuss the dirt--and the causes.The election is getting closer, and the money keeps on flowing. Today we're bringing you part two of Harry Hanbury’s investigative series for GRITtv's new investigative series, GRITtv Digs. ; In part one, we looked at the Chamber of Commerce's contributions to the campaign cycle--now, we ask, who's watching the Chamber? Why does it get away with this?Want to see more investigations
GRITtv: David Cay Johnston: Still-Growing Wage Gap
"A weak foundation cannot properly support a massive superstructure, as the leaning Tower of Pisa shows. The latest wage data show the disastrous results some of us warned about, although like the famous tower, the economy only lists badly and has not collapsed." That's from David Cay Johnston's latest piece, digging into the scary numbers on real wages in the U.S. Who's making money, and how much of it? He joins us via Skype to discuss the dirt--and the causes. Distributed by Tubemogul.
GRITtv: David Cay Johnston
David Cay Johnston, author of "Free Lunch," talks about the growing and continuing disparity in incomes between the very rich (ie. those that make more than $10 million per year) and the rest of us. Incomes over the last ten years have grown for those at the top, as George Bush promised when he lowered taxes. For the rest of us, real income has lessened.
GRITtv: Is the Economic Storm Over?
David Cay Johnston, author of "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense," Robert Johnson, Director of Economic Policy at the Roosevelt Institute, and Newsweek staff writer Barrett Sheridan discuss the financial crisis one year later.
GRITtv: September 16, 2009
One year on from the sinking of Lehman, and the conventional wisdom seems to be that we’ve moved away from the precipice. But not everyone is so sure. If anything has been preserved, if not enlarged, it is the deep inequalities of American capitalism. Not only that, but are the necessary regulations in place to prevent a second storm? Discussion with David Cay Johnston, author of "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense."
