The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Bill Moyer interviews Matt Taibbi and Robert Kuttner
Amidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street’s power over the federal government.
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Reddit.com
I’ve posted this in a few Health care links:
At the moment the USA pays roughly 15% of its GDP, 5% more than any
other nation, and pays more than DOUBLE the average per
capita for healthcare. How much? DOUBLE This is
extremely wasteful. Universal Health Care makes sense.
The UK enacted health reform in 1948. [...]
John Stewart kept calmer then he was when he destroyed Crossfire…
But none the less, Cramer just got destroyed.
Edit:
You just have to watch the whole damn thing.
All 3 segments across the whole episode.
The Dailyshow posted the ENTIRE interview, all excerpts included.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=220533
From Suburban Guerrilla
Taken from Boing Boing
The comments on that page are well worth the read.
I found this good explanation of things here : http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/2/aig-implodes-the-two-cows-version
You have two cows.
John Paulson borrows one cow so he can sell it for $100. He gives you $10 as collateral.
You buy your neighbors cow for $100, which you finance by taking out a $90 loan from the bank and use John’s $10 to make up [...]
Another Frightening Show About the Economy
Simply click it.
A great episode that explains things really clearly.
Thank you Michael Moore.
Sure you’re abrasive, and sometimes flat out annoying, but at least you do your homework…
Friends,
The richest 400 Americans — that’s right, just four hundred people — own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. 400 rich Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth [...]