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Cenk Attacks Rich Tax Holiday On MSNBC. Why do the rich keep getting breaks?

On his weekly segment on The Dylan Ratigan Show, The Young Turks/MSNBC host Cenk Uygur explains why corporations should not get a so-called ‘tax holiday’.

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Counter the Koch Billions. Protect Social Security. Will you help Senator Sanders expose the Koch Echo Chamber? Video Transcript

EXPOSE THE KOCHS: The Koch brothers fund multiple think tanks and academic centers to promote their ideology and grow their profits, a Brave New Foundation investigation reveals. Let’s create an echo chamber of truth by using YouTube’s SHARE tools above to protect Social Security and counter the Koch billions. Continue reading

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Robert Reich Explains Why We Make Less Money Now Than In 1980: Cenk Uygur Video Transcript

Former Clinton Labor Secretary made an excellent, short video that summarizes why our wages have fallen since 1980 despite economic growth – where did the money go? Cenk Uygur expands on it.
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Cenk Uygur MSNBC Challenges Bachmann June 21, 2011 Con Job: Video Transcript

2012 Republican presidential hopeful and Tea Party favorite MIchele Bachmann was a major supporter of pork barrel spending, earmarks and subsidies. MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur breaks it down. Continue reading

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The Great Divide: Wall Street vs. Main Street. America burdened by tax inequality. Cenk Uygur MSNBC TV June 21, 2011 video transcript

Cenk Uygur MSNBC Video Transcript June 21, 2011. Author Jacob Hacker explains how the arrest of a 59-year-old man, who robbed a bank for just one dollar and hoped to be arrested, shows how divided the country is over taxes. Continue reading

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The biggest Republican tax lie: the great Republican tax lie. Lawrence O’Donnell The Last Word June 20, 2011 video and transcript

Bruce Bartlett, who served as a senior policy analyst in the reagan White House and as a Treasury deputy assistan secretary for economic policy during the first Bush administration, joins The Last Work to debunk a popular “tax cuts pay for themselves” myth. Continue reading

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Cenk Uygur MSNBC June 20, 2011 Video Transcript. Wanted: jobs not cuts. Showdown on Capitol Hill: Gang of Five’s Plan.

For DNC Chairman Howard Dean explains how Congress can stop focusing on spending cuts and start concentrating on job creation. Continue reading

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Cenk Uygur MSNBC June 17, 2011 video transcript: No more excuses. Social Insecurity? Shock headline: AARP open to cuts in Social Security. AARP admits it’s open to cuts in Social Security benefits.

MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur discusses with Ezra Klein of the Washington Post and Sam Seder of the Majority Host Report the recent leak that President Obama and Congressional Democrats have agreed in private negotiations with Republicans to cut Social Security benefits, raising the retirement age to 68 or 69 years of age, resulting in $63,573 of loss retirement benefits for the middle class. Equally shocking is AARP’s statement of openness to cuts in Social Security. Continue reading

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Cenk Uygur’s Con Job June 17, 2011: more money in Paul Ryan’s pocket from his budget plan. Richard Hanna trashed stimulus plan, but is front and centered for photo ops celebrating the stimulus plan: of course! Cenk Uygur MSNBC TV Live Con Job and Of Course features June 17, 2011 video transcript

MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur explains how Rep. Paul Ryan can benefit from his own budget plan on the GOP “Con Job” for June 17, 2011. Also Cenk Uygur points out on the “Of Course” feature of his show the hypocrisy of Republican Rep. Richard Hanna from New York on trashing the stimulus plan but celebrating the stimulus plan in photo ops. Continue reading

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