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SUCKO on Social Security

2008-09-05T20:59:09Z

George Bush said I should go to the emergency room if I'm sick. So when they cancelled my health insurance last week cause I was a day late with my premium, I was hopping mad so I took to the New York City streets. www.sandibachom.com

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John McCain: Speech 08/01/08

2008-08-07T16:27:45Z

John McCain
Speech
Orlando, FL 08/01/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: I say things you want to hear and I say things you don't want to hear. And that is that many of the Great Society programs did not succeed because I think where they were a lot of Big Government solutions rather than local solutions made by the people, the decisions made by the people of this country. I think we've learned from them [...]

LABEL: JM FL 08-01 (KF#6) GKY - ClipA - LS

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John McCain: Bio-Tour Speech 03/31/08

2008-07-01T00:28:23Z

John McCain
Bio-Tour Speech
Meridian, MS 03/31/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN:"Government must be attentive to the impact on families of parents who have lost jobs in our changing economy that won't come back. Our programs for displaced workers are antiquated, repetitive and ineffective. Many were designed for a time when unemployment was seasonal or a temporary consequence of an economic downturn. Not for a time when systemic changes, wrought by the growing global economy have, while promising undreamt of opportunities for ourselves, in many historically poor societies, have cost too many parents the jobs they had assumed would be theirs for life. For the loss of work and the resources it provides families come just as injurious losses to the emotional health of families. Work provides more than an income; it's a source of self-worth, pride and sense of purpose. Children learn as much from observation as instruction. The mother or father who has lost hope, along with their job, can unintentionally impart that hopelessness to their children. A welfare check can't give a parent a sense of purpose, and among—

[applause]

--and among the most important things children can inherit from their parents is a sense of purpose and an aspiration to be part of something bigger than themselves."

LABEL: JM MS 03-31 (EW#1) DFHRUDd-ClipD

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Joseph Stiglitz - Will the Economic Stimulus Package Work?

2008-06-14T15:31:51Z

Complete video at: fora.tv

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that increasing unemployment compensation should be a necessary first step for any national economic stimulus plan.

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz ("Globalization and Its Discontents") talks about his new concept of economics, "The Economics of Information," and his latest book, "Making Globalization Work" - Asia Society

Joseph Stiglitz was chief economist at the World Bank until January 2000. Before that he was the chairman of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics in 2001. He is currently a finance and economics professor at Columbia University. He is the author of Globalization and Its Discontents and The Roaring Nineties.

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Defense Dept. Medical Contract is Up - Guess Who Gets it?

2008-06-15T03:30:51Z

Defense medical contract is up and bids where put up. Courtesy of the Young Turks at www.theyoungturks.com

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Riz Khan -- Domestic Worker Abuse -- 25 July 2007

2008-06-06T03:30:08Z

Their welfare is in the hands of their employers and tales of abuse are numerous.

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Bill O'Reilly on Welfare

2008-07-09T14:00:41Z

Bill O'Reilly tells the big lie on a daily basis: he runs a no spin show. While many may agree with his point a view here he only presents one side of the facts, the conservative talking points. Lies of omission.

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Dennis Kucinich welcomes You on Care2

2008-06-09T03:33:13Z

Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis kucinich welcomes the people of Care2.com to his profile page at - my.care2.com . To learn more about Dennis go to www.kucinich.us

Video by Chad Ely

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Nothing but Greed for Them

2008-06-12T15:37:37Z

The Today Show does a piece on Wal-Mart, the Wal-Mart Movie "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price" and Wal-Mart employees relying on food-stamps to survive.

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Going Crazy for Wal-Mart

2008-06-12T15:37:42Z

Stock analyst Jim Cramer of CNBC's "Mad Money" discusses Wal-Mart: "Companies that try to be good corporate citizens don't try hard enough to make you big money.. [with Wal-Mart] you don't have to worry" -- "[Wal-Mart] is trying to make sure they don't have to pay for their workers health care" -- "they're shameless"

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