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started here on the news you need to know this today is a big day for the
occupy wall street movement
members from several prominent labor unions
expected to take to the streets in solidarity with demonstrators who've
been camped out new york city since mid-september
unionized transport workers' teachers and nurses are all expected to be on
hand for march across manhattan today
and similar demonstrations of the held a elsewhere around the nation
the occupy movements
and now reached the attention of some of the nation's top politicians and
policymakers
the reserve chairman ben bernanke he said in response to the ongoing protests
i can't blame them
however the top republican presidential can't mit romney
well the movement
dangerous
saying it's
class warfare
and again against most his campaign money from wall street so
it kinda has to say that
whenever i'm in the courtroom media and the banks just like it or not
occupy wall street isn't going away anytime soon
at least not until we see some major reforms to our
for the rich by the richard connor
speak in the ninety nine percent versus the one percent
a new report out of the international monetary fund finds that one of the
greatest factors for prolonged economic growth in a nation
is a low level of wealth inequality
by reviewing economies around the world in looking at economic variables such as
political institutions that and trade
study found the by far its wealth inequality
as the greatest effect in sustained economic growth
and that if nations are made ten percent more equitable in their wealth
distribution
and they could see economic growth sustained for fifty percent var
as in
to spread the wealth around a little bit better
we'll see how much better economic growth for the whole country is
currently the united states is the most unequal nation in the developed world
and more on it
the nations like the ivory coast
yukio kia
and pakistan
get a lot of work to do to fix this balance obsessive wall street
address to the rest of it is
threatened rolled the republicans regulatory uncertainty argument
congressional republicans claim that businesses are hiring people
because they're uncertain of the regulations obama administration will
put on
hence why it's necessary to repeal regulations to keep our air water and
food safe
in the name of job creation
the estate argument suffered a huge blow from none other than one of ronald
reagan's top economists
response
in a piece for the new york times barca wrote
the number of laos nationwide caused by government regulation is minuscule
and shows no evidence of getting worse during obama administration
and regulatory uncertainty is a canard
invented by republicans
that allows them to use current economic problems
to pursue an agenda supported by the business community urine
in iraq
again that's remarks reagan stop economic
who would probably be considered a social standards
a hearing on capitol hill yesterday ben bradlee urged lawmakers to hold off
their on their agenda
deep spending cuts while the economy is still a weak recovery
frank he's been said spending cuts could have a serious effect on consumer demand
and they can reverse any hopes of an economic recovery
federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he didn't get the memo
is that's exactly what republicans are hoping for
the spending cuts now the recession in a president obama look bad in extra
selections
it wasn't a rex i want to do about wars abroad we should listen to a returning
veterans
a new peace ur to research center survey
found the one steward of returning veterans post nine eleven wars in iraq
and afghanistan
we're not worth what you said that the was riddled with fighting
the majority of veteran surveyed said the united states needs to focus less on
foreign wars
and more on problems here states
also about half of the veterans noted that there military deployments
strained to the relationships with their spouses
and with the children
when six thousand u_s_ soldiers died in the post nine eleven wars across our
nation trillions of dollars
this insanity needs to stop
and the wars and bring our men and women back home
house republicans say our government is facing a death and spending crisis
yet the same time speaker that's john bainer has no problem
with one half million dollars in deficit spending the taxpayers' expense
hiring right wing lawyer
make sure the gays in america don't have access to civil rights
after president obama announced his white house will no longer defend the
defense of marriage act
a federal law that allows states to
not recognizing same-sex marriages
they're hired his own lawyer to defend the discriminative discriminatory
and constitutional law
a lawyer comes with a hefty price tag one and a half million box
anthony once you need a pact pay for their tax dollars
sona comes to health care program sherwin and seniors and children
republicans argue the need to cut
when it comes to discriminating against gays
and read a blank check from uncle sam
i guess nothing gets in the way the republican culture wars
and that's the way it is today wednesday october fifth twenty eleven
i'm john hartman
pune