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tom harkin here on the news
you need to know this the battle between grassroots organizations and big
corporate money is heating up in wisconsin
a new poll by mark at law school shows governor scott walker unlikely
democratic opponent tom barrett
and dedicate among registered voters the upcoming recall election
the poll shows walker losing popularity among voters as his numbers have
declined every month since january
at the same time walker has dumped a million t_v_ advertising
ansley raised a mind-boggling thirteen million dollars for his campaign in just
three months
buzz that money comes from fundraising trips walker's taking to new york in
texas to collect jackson out-of-state bank stirs and oil barons
so far the big cash all isn't helping walker which is a promising sign for we
the people heading into a multi-billion dollar general election this year
one is order as working people stay organized
get active and vote
and doesn't matter how much the billionaire spent
they still just have one vote there's a lot more arson there are of them
in screwed news while republicans desperately try to repeal volunteer a
new study by the commonwealth fund shows why the nation needs comprehensive
health reform
looking at twelve of the most developed away cd nations
united states leads the way in healthcare spending at about eight
thousand dollars per person
darwin switzerland or saket but they only spend five thousand dollars boers
and the study finds that the more spending on health care in the u_s_ does
not translate into better health care results
as a study concludes quote
despite high costs quality in the u_s_ health care system is not notably
superior
to the far less expensive systems in the other study countries unquote
u_s_ ranks toward the bottom of the listing annual doctor visits and length
of hospital st stays
unlike other nations like
that put in place strict controls on the medical services
united states does it
and as a result soaring medication and medical service prices
are driving up total health care costs also doesn't help a third of our
nation's obese for the driving up medical care costs
weather we've been
to do whatever we've been doing to treat sick people in this country isn't
working
we need a single-payer system like medicare for everyone
to join the developed world guaranteeing that health care
is a basic right
they'll bankrupt in the nation
in the best of the reston he is another war criminal walks
on wednesday the u_s_ ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that former bush
legal advisor john you
wrote legal memos getting covered the president that the war crime of torture
can't be sued by the victims of that torture
as if the deal was declared an end in combat in two thousand two claims he was
subjected to three years of torture while in custody
the court rejected but he has claimed that he suffered gross physical and
psychological abuse ruled that interrogation techniques did not
necessarily amount to torture
despite how appalling they may be
so once again the gaping moral wound left by the tortuous bush administration
those unhealed
illinois state senate knows how an economy works senators there are working
on legislation to increase the states minimum wage from eight twenty five an
hour to ten dollars an hour
analysis by the economic policy institute found that more than a million
workers will have more money in their pockets thanks to a minimum wage hike
and that's what more money to spend in their local economies
but technocrats in europe and republicans the united states will push
in a scary
don't understand
is that economies function best when people are spending money now when rich
people have a lot of money sitting in the bank
raising the minimum wage building new infrastructure projects
and brought me in the social safety net will be affected
getting working people spending money again getting our economy growing again
soap other states follicle anonymously
according to religious groups in california raising taxes on the rich is
the
moral thing to do
two hundred religious leaders in california have endorsed democratic
governor jerry brown's proposal
raise taxes on people in the state with incomes above a quarter million dollars
rather than make painful cuts to schools and education programs green apples in
the states sixty percent of californians also agree with raising taxes on the
bridge
in their state
and voters will likely have their final say on the issue
bhosle is expected to qualify for the state ballot
somewhere growth
grover norquist has locked in a closet sobbing
florida governor rick scott thinks it's a good idea are marked the republican
national convention in tampa later this year
that i am safety the city of tampa has banned foreign objects like pro bars
water guns and storing them
however an attempt by the merritt tamp it also bans handguns during the r_n_c_
was shot down by governor rick
scott this week
the two thousand eleven law passed in florida prevents cities from regulating
firearms
and governor scott refused to offer an exemption in this case
saying that it would violate the specimen
to get ready for this year's r_n_c_
occupier about act by protesters can be arrested for carrying ps bring or water
guns
but republican delegates
are encouraged to stick a thirty eight their pants
and finally germans are getting used to saying erica maje
the pirate party in germany building on electoral victories last month to become
a legitimate
political party
running primarily on a platform of internet privacy and copyright reform
the pirate party has made big gains of young voters
care about protecting file-sharing and a free and open internet
began four seats regional regional parliamentary elections last month
pirate party is now germany's third most popular party
if lawmakers in united states keep pushing legislation like soap opera
hypothesis but
might not be long before we get our own filer
party stateside
usse are of the mating
and that's the way it is today thursday may third
twenty twelve
i'm john hartman