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And also it looks like the united states overall in terms of the economy is doing gang busters. actually, average-working people are not doing so well. job security is a thing of the past and 78% of american workers, ana, 78%, are living paycheck to paycheck. they dont have any savings. they certainly dont have even $500 for an emergency. this kind of thin ice that american workers are skating on is a big, big social problem. its a political problem. most of all its a moral problem. why should s...

One missed paycheck away at a time when so many people should be prospering. >> it tells us that prosperity is not broadly shared in this country, even though on paper it looks good. it looks like the united states over all in terms of the economy is doing gangbusters, actually average working people are not doing so well. a job security is a thing of the past, and 78% of american workers are living paycheck to paycheck. they dont have any savings, they certainly dont have even 500 dpz for an em...

Great quote from mark twain, nothing so needs reforming as other peoples habits. >> there are two sides. one interesting thing is nobody is standing up for the bad -- the people of bad morals, right? >> right. >> people who want to drink in as powerful as ways as the moralist, the dries. there are, of course, brewer soeshgs who are trying to make a case for their own industry. its clearly self-interested case. >> thats the problem when you have moral authority on one side saying, lets improve so...

The big picture view of this, this announcement is sort of the financial equivalent of damming with faint praise because heres the big picture. in total, liberal activists say they have raised about $915,000 for elizabeth warren in context against what scott brown has raised. theres elizabeth warrens known money on the left there, in the blue bar. and then -- actually, you know, the bar looks like it goes off the top of the screen. i think we have to pull back a little more here. can we pull bac...

"prohibition" airs this sunday on pbs. its so great to have you. >> its my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> you know from our off-line relationship that im obsessed with kerry nation. and prohibition, the idea there could be a successful political movement around their supposed superioralty and everybody else having bad morality. how do you you win a majority fight when thats your basic message? >> you start off with a real social problem, which is drunkenness, alcoholism we call it today, and...

Other peoples habits. >> there are two sides. one interesting thing is nobody is standing up for the bad -- the people of bad morals, right? >> right. >> people who want to drink in as powerful as ways as the moralist, the dries. there are, of course, brewer soeshgs who are trying to make a case for their own industry. its clearly self-interested case. >> thats the problem when you have moral authority on one side saying, lets improve society, lets get rid of the evil drink, the evil saloons and...

On pbs. its so great to have you. >> its my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> you know from our off-line relationship that im obsessed with kerry nation. and prohibition, the idea there could be a successful political movement around their supposed superioralty and everybody else having bad morality. how do you you win a majority fight when thats your basic message? >> you start off with a real social problem, which is drunkenness, alcoholism we call it today, and we were drinking five, six tim...

That. i mean, i think it was always prohibition for somebody else. as our film begins with this great quote from mark twain, nothing so needs reforming as other peoples habits. >> there are two sides. one interesting thing is nobody is standing up for the bad -- the people of bad morals, right? >> right. >> people who want to drink in as powerful as ways as the moralist, the dries. there are, of course, brewer soeshgs who are trying to make a case for their own industry. its clearly self-interes...

Down, we were able to keep this country out of great depression. but not out of the massive recession from which we have not yet recovered. and the way we kept ourselves out of that great depression was by rescuing wall street. which means that we do still have a financial system in this country. we do still have a banking is system. it didnt exactly fix the problem that got us there in the first place, nor did it stop the repercussions of that collapse that we barely lived through in 2008. in t...

Clown casino with other peoples money, when that came crashing down, we were able to keep this country out of great depression. but not out of the massive recession from which we have not yet recovered. and the way we kept ourselves out of that great depression was by rescuing wall street. which means that we do still have a financial system in this country. we do still have a banking is system. it didnt exactly fix the problem that got us there in the first place, nor did it stop the repercussi...