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tommorrow here on the news you need to know if this fear of small government
over today reagan worshippers across america are freaking out after president
obama second inaugural address because you've laid out a vision for america
puts an end to the reagan revolution
imagines a nation in which we the people through small d_ democratic government
take better control of our economy and better care of each other
all reagan stress the importance of individualism in his inaugural
president obama talked about cooperation and collective action
said on tuesday quote preserving individual freedoms ultimately requires
collective action
it's the difference between reagan's me society and traditional american weeee
society the founders envisioned
reacting to the speech conservative pundit charles krauthammer
all the president's words historically very important and said that a bottle
basically is declaring the end of reaganism in america
president obama also defended social insurance programs like medicare and
social security
directly calling up people like paul ryan by saying that these programs don't
make us a nation of
acres
president called for us to do something about climate change
now that the speeches over it's time for action
the booming deficit reduction talks anti-tumor form approval the keystone
excel pipelining economic troubles on the horizon in europe
the time for talking is over
over the next four years president obama must find his inner revolutionary and
change the trajectory of america by putting an end to reaganomics
and once again to put the reverend doctor martin luther king junior
bend of the architect mini history toward justice
in scrutiny as republicans in virginia took an outrageous step tuesday to read
the next state senate elections
pollination was focused on the inauguration republicans passed
legislation to redraw that states districts
increased how many of them are considered safe republican seats
currently the virginia state senate is split twenty twenty between republicans
and democrats republicans were only able to sneak this legislation through
because one of the democratic state senators was in washington d_c_
attending the president's inauguration us giving the republicans a one-vote
advantage
reacting to passage of the new redistricting scheme democratic state
senator carl deeds
said it goes against every tradition it was a dirty trick
so virginia republicans have reached the same conclusions republicans in
pennsylvania florida wisconsin michigan ohio
can't win elections legitimately
and read them
in the best of the rest of the news debate in the senate on filibustering
form begins today and everyone is watching majority leader harry reid to
see just how bold he has when it comes to indian obstructionism in the upper
chamber
a democratic caucus meeting today harry reid will make the case for more
moderate filibuster reforming cuts down the number of filibusters that the
minority communities
but still allows republicans to require every piece of legislation get sixty
votes for died in the senate
the senator's markley in utah will make again their case for a much stronger
filibuster reform
which require the republicans to speak on the floor of the senate for the
entire time they want a filibuster
at plan just received other supporter
new wisconsin senator tammy baldwin who released a statement saying
we face big challenges
and effective government eight action and solutions not more of the same
standstill that has become the status quo washington
soap stronger voices prevail
the filibuster spin abused by republicans must be scrapped and
democratic majority rule returned to the people suck
speaking of the senate
all republicans in the house draft yet another budget to cut taxes for the rich
in bouts rise medicare
democrats in the senate are working on a new budget of layout a different vision
of america
the washington post reports senate democrats plan to draft a budget
blueprint
because for significantly higher taxes on the wealthy
oil and gas companies
and corporations doing business overseas
unlike most legislation budgets can be passed with a simple majority in the
senate any mitch mcconnell and the republicans can filibuster
chambers of commerce of congress come out with their budget proposals will
seek to different visions for america
one is the house the texas
backward toward new feudalism to rule by the rich
gathers in the senate which will move us forward toward progress
and a healthy once
and finally
one end world poverty
tax the rich
according to a new hoc spam report prepared for by the davos world economic
forum
just last year's profits of the world's one hundred wealthiest people alone
that and poverty around the planet four times over
in two thousand twelve the rich is one hundred billionaires netted two hundred
forty billion dollars in income
far more than enough to lift the rest of the world out of poverty
xox pants chief executive farmer stocking said
quote in a world where even basic research sources such as land and water
are increasingly scarce we cannot afford to concentrate assets in the hands of a
few
and leave the money to struggle over what's left
in the united states or wealth inequality is higher than any other
developed nation the world
we can take immediate action wipeout poverty and get
demand back into our economy
as by placing any wealth tax on
billionaires so that any income over nine hundred ninety nine million dollars
is taxed at ninety nine percent
city funneled back through our economy present to set the swiss bank account
it's called the
bill billionaires campaign gota no billionaires
that's the way it is today tuesday january twenty-second
went well
i'm tom harkin