realities of this pointless war in afghanistan and speak out in favor of changing course? joining us now, democrats congressman dennis kucinich from ohio who is called to end the war if afghanistan immediately. congressman kucinich, you put out a statement saying the claim to end the iraq war was dis disingenuous. if you re going to leave the troops until the end of 2011, you can t say you ve ended the war. the u.s. is putting more and more money into military groups. we re prooiftizing the war. simultaneous with leave 50,000 troops until the end of 2011. what do you view as the last political leg that anybody who is in favor of any of these wars is standing on and how fragile is it as you look at the m momentum to end the wars, will the legs get kicked out from
run through your brain sf. mean spirited. the provision is there for a reason. it was put there mainly to ensure that the freed slaves would become citizens of the united states. wouldn t be denied citizenship. but you re right. there are other more important sorry about that. there are more important issues facing the country, jobs, jobs, jobs and the economy first and foremost. the idea they re going to spend time on something as monument difficult as a constitutional amendment to do away with anchor babies, which is offensive in itself, it s the wrong priorities. take a listen to sarah palin and the issue of immigration. jan brewer has the cajones to look out for all americans in the dedelaware sire to secure the border and allow legal immigration to this help build
this is what infuriates us. a company can acknowledge this is a time where all of us are going through our own private hell, and yet they are coming back. and they re doing this. they may not be taking the principipl principle, but for them to profit and give families a fraction of the interest. i was at the national week of remembrance in washington, d.c. two weeks ago. you should have seen all the single parent families now and all the young children. they can t even part with interest that they accrued. it s not right. this story has taken on tremendous momentum since it was first reported by david evans over at bloomberg markets in addition to your class action lawsuit. there s an investigation from the attorney general in new york. ten senators have urged the v.a.
for decades the american dream was alive and well for the middle class. between 1945 and 1975 incomes grew at roughly 2% a year, doubling in each successive generation. but during the past decade, automation, outsourcing, and the emergence of a culture of short-term financial speculation have juiced profits in the country at the expense of the dreams of america s working families. don t take my word for it. the numbers are too blatant to ignore at this point. homes lost to foreclosure, up 35 pk. more homes, in fact, taken by banks scheduled for foreclosure than any other quarter since realty tracks started keeping records. financial speculation, anyone? but don t worry, the banks got a bailout, got to keep their
with america s political economy. the obama administration that they re doing certain things. k-12 reforms. spending more on community colleges. they hope the health care reform will bring down premium inflation. they re doing some things that are at the margins. there s nothing there that looks like it s really yet going to go to the core of the problem. so having been studying this a lot myself and interviewing many on the subject, it appears our government is aggressive in employing corporations that support chinese slaves and financial speculation. have you thought about getting into the chinese slave owning business? no, but ill like to send a message to the business owners,