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in the studio with us one of my favorite people in the world Tim carpenter the
the cofounder a progressive Democrats of America
Tim great to see a thanks ravenous time once again its comming a regular
appearance for the third Wednesday what's going on the third Wednesday
as as as as it's wonderful especially since back in in June or July
your the I was told you were told by your doctors that you'd be dead long
before now
shower keep em guessin yeah you are you are
that's great so the energizer bunny Tim carpenter is here
and you just had a PDA roundtable yeah we're doing all we can I was just
reflecting in December last year
when you ask me how many members we met with and I said there are no members
and then we came back in January the only member that time she mcgovern
in this afternoon we had keith Ellison a coach air
at the Progressive Caucus I'm are poke into many of your listeners know
probably one of the best freshman a progressive members a congress was with
us as well as
by Jim McGovern again on the active aside more Wallick who's leading the
fight against it he TPP
hopefully everybody here knows trans-pacific partnership gonna kill the
arm right now we gotta make sure you kill it are now try to make sure you
kill the fast track
she was with the same Michael I D for national Nurses United so we had quite a
a group of folks over in the a cannon office going to die
that's great basically lobbying the house and planning strategy and as you
know Tom we can law because we can't afford an office a case you were there
to educate I
so we were there to educate yeah our principal three right now is we're
speaking
many folks on the West Coast Artillery your letters to remember congress
with little old me become a look on just one Russian office granny
hopefully over 270 will be delivered by Friday and we talk about what those
issues were
principally the TPP the trans-pacific partnership referred to in the past on
right now
this is the big deal we can stop this fast dot fast-track delivery letter to
Congress heard from your wallet coming porns about and go to the congress
members
and then the Food Stamp fights now kiss you know we are and constable cuts and
were told now
that they're cutting even more are every snap recipients gonna probably receive
another
thirty dollar per person cut beginning our that cuts coming next month
two hundred and twenty dollars total on top of that one of which I'm so
it's time to kill the bill we simply have to kill the bill determine a budget
this is not a party at the farm bill on marble in relationships to snap since
we're not going to get the money back
industry ap congress mcgovern rang a bell today in tennis I'm to kill the
farm bill
but they've already passed the half above the farm bill that gives all the
subsidies to like Michele Bachmann's all these people who have quote farms and
she gets a kiss
but I'll show you her show cities but they still have another cut coming up to
rather than giving them their subsidies
were saying since she won't give us the money back in a snap side
chill the subsidies for the big agricultural kill a bill they could do
that
kill the bill so so the bill includes more subsidies for the fat kill the bill
answer senior is that I thought the fat cats was a done deal that was just a
short term thing
tests were coming that's the big news to report they're gonna work with
margin mcgovern's can work with leadership to try to get those monies
put back in
the reality is most likely will not be put back in to the farm bill will come
back for its final passage
at which point we will lead by Jim McGovern barbara Lee and others
kill the bill outright is it in conference right now is that the deal
during the conference Jim just us to share with us really were
in relationship to the so the Sun in the house are working are negotiating
basic and we're asking to produce cuts back in which we anticipate they will
not
now remember we've already cut ninety should think of something living on
less than a thousand dollars party in ninety dollars cut out to that now
another 30
a total 120 hours being cut out have their champion steer
networks I mean this is a government program that works has been proven to
work to our message is very simple today
put that money back in their stimulate economy it's a job plus thing wanna back
in the match
if we don't get it then bringing on chill the bill bring a call on the
president then to kill the bill
if we can get the money for those are so desperately needed why are we giving
them a shocking turn the others
their subsidies that they're asking for and affirmed up for that was a big nose
and then finally Iran very timely right now we succeeded with diplomacy
in keeping her cruise missiles from going into Syria
let's keep diplomacy let it work there's really only three options right now if
you look at it
week in learn to live with you really need to get diplomacy now we can let
them get the bomb
or we can bomb them so the ocean is quite clearly to pawn option one seems
but the best and yet there are 59 senators have said that they're in favor
of this bill
that will impose sanctions on Iran the wrong basically blow up John Kerry's
negotiations
jacket but this sixteen on the other side now
they're coming our way show think urging news for us today
while the action is in the senate still call your member of Congress in say
don't be part of this no strike on Iran no sanctions
allow them a policy to work because that bill has to if he ever gets out at the
senate even to get 60 votes on the senate has to get through the house
but the house is run by there by the republicans the republicans love wars
well on the tree decide on the senate side now we can get consent of the house
vote
which we may get from our CFO can't the important thing is right now
on the senate side where it's moving on the tree is you're saying those who want
to blow up
we need to send a message for house members but your senators now
tell your senators now so show because this is always this
is this is what's been talked about a treaty with the irangate in negotiations
to get that is implicitly the Sun
right showed impacts the Senate where the house is mark Perkins and you can
just today
can have an impact is to take a measure the house roach
and we're going see on that but right now there is a canadian-based this is
our opinion
right in we believe that you should allow diplomacy to work but the urgency
now and what more can be sure this
Conshohocken was the urgency to let your members now in the senate side
no sanctions to bill there that negotiations are began with secure stick
your
are in play we gave it left six months for Randy negotiate
no more sanctions allow these negotiations to take place
so we had quite a lively conversation and we ended a course with a good friend
Bernie Sanders his office
I was with us on Bernies introduced legislation to allow us
to move toward a single-payer at the state level 284
really important discussions that is greater in now that is great yeah we're
taking the offense om
hell here from defense healthcare not warfare that's a big deal actually
yes it is I mean this is you know president has america's come along with
PD american dad or by the way across the web site
we're talking to Tim carpenter the cofounder PD America and
Tim what's I E R you are you guys doing with this
long-term unemployment absolutely amused at fashionable
again we look at the budget as it's looking right now 81 billion dollars
going in Afghanistan when we've been told we went up by 2014
in our present telling us we're gonna be there to 2024
with 91 doing ok be better spent on the unemployment site for those are
chronically unemployed
when I keep telling us they can't find the money well be the Rahman attacks a
carbon tax
particular money on Afghans here the money is very much sir so yes
on its own casual that they were allowed to pass a bill without that
the senate's working its way back the house certainly has a lot of work to do
but to turn its back on a chronically unemployed despite times his
knows I said simply just unconscious yeah it's like Merle Haggard song let's
rebuild America first
and let's get out of Iraq you know bring our bright burner
young men back and rebuild America first it's it's just
to get our priorities straight we we really do and President across america
it people
people can start a chapter in their home the concert a chapter in their home they
can get on the phone tomorrow
the most important thing today so to give Mike Foxen Connor
international and virtual community a phone call deliver a letter to remember
congress on these issues
but remember congress are you not everybody can get to washington we
understand
but everybody came to the district office it even if you can get your
discomfort is we
Mike Fox will make sure you call your member congress so we can either pick up
the phone
or deliver a letter those are the urgent things in regards to PT but long-term
as you set on we're part of the larger social movement word out on working
inside and outside washington
the hard stuff incremental scepter education were arm and that's what we do
in a very private the room was full today
we accuracy form and as far away as California in Massachusetts
who want to be part of this effort while that is that is marvelous
Tim carpenter you you've created you've created a
it just a a wonderful thing with progressive Democrats of America PD
America .org
on its it is
and is so what people can do people should call their members of Congress
right now no sanctions on Iran kill fast track for the TPP
support Bernie Sanders in its efforts for single-payer no more money for
Afghanistan
bring the money back to wall street away factory back from back to main street
yeah back to main street there you go yeah and and and how goes by the way the
the the battle between Wall Street and Main Street on
the state tax on the on the transaction tax on
tell Michael lady from National Nurses United it's a nurses that are not only
leading the fight income single-payer
Polina fight in the Robin attach a financial transaction tax
take the casino aspect counter wall street to show much billions of dollars
her maidens fast-track cash transactions we won pretty simple
point 05 tax chill hours $350 billion dollars revenue
so that we can take them into the next time cordial the money factor
were moving function also spoke about it we've got a shift this whole debate from
hoster to prosperity they're giving us the sponsors to that bill continues
attractions in up to that is great Tim Carver new
progressive Democrats of America stick hang on this is the Thom Hartmann
program
PD America that organ Tim good luck with the radiation treatment coming up
thanks much thanks thanks so much for being with us will be back