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Amy Goodman interviews Tavis Smiley, Cornel West on the 2012 Election & Why Calling Obama “Progressive” Ignores His Record. Democracy Now: Friday, November 9, 2012.

Cornel West and Tavis Smiley criticize President Barack Obama for being to the right of even President Richard Nixon. Continue reading

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Is Rocky Anderson the spoiler or the moral alternative in the 2012 Presidential election?

Is Rocky Anderson a spoiler in the 2012 Presidential election or is he the moral alternative that we must choose in order to save our country from its corrupt political and financial system Continue reading

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Cutting taxes creates jobs: wrong! History shows the exact opposite!

Cenk Uygur debunks the tax myth of the Republicans that lowering taxes creates growth in the economy and jobs. History shows that quite the opposite occurs: when the tax rates are at their lowest levels, so are the rates of growth in Gross Domestic Product and employment. Continue reading

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Less than 100 Americans determine U.S. election results: say bye-bye to our democracy and hello to the plutocracy

Less than one hundred Americans contribute two-thirds of the millions of dollars raised by the Super PACs. Over the last ten years, 93% of the members elected to Congress spent more money on their campaigns than their opponents. Consequently, those one hundred Americans, the super rich, have stolen our democracy, which has been replaced by a plutocracy. Continue reading

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The Rich and the Rest of Us: a Poverty Manifesto. Video and transcript.

Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley join Cenk Uygur on Viewpoint on April 26, 2012, to discuss their new book, “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto”. Continue reading

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JOBS: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. Legalizing Fraud in the Stock Market. Interview of Matt Taibbi by Eliot Spitzer on Viewpoint, Current TV, April 9, 2012. Video and Transcript.

Is the JOBS Act another replay of the disastrous tech-stock bubble of the late 1990s. Eliot Spitzer interviews Matt Taibbi, contributing editor of Rolling Stone, on Viewpoint, April 9 2012, to discuss the JOBS Act. Both Matt Taibbi and Eliot Spitzer feel that the JOBS Act is just another Wall Street ploy to legalize fraud in the stock market. Continue reading

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$26 billion mortgage settlement: too little, too late. President Barack Obama: Wall Street’s man in government?

Cenk Uygur explains the upsides and downsides of the $26 billion mortgage settlement proposed by President Barack Obama; however, it is too little, too late, for the millions of homeowners. Is $1,800 enough of a settlement after losing your home from bank fraud? Continue reading

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