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Derivatives, you have to get rid of the derivatives, the commodities the swaps market. right. you have to turn the various weapons of mass destruction into something that s contained and controlled. and you have to make these banks that are so massive, if they re too big to fail, make them smaller. we ve done nothing to address the underlying causes of the problems, so of course there should be no surprise that this has reared its head again. karen? well, i have to say, i agree with jimmy, that i think, for the majority of americans, they re not going to understand why this is in in any way, shape, or form in our vital, national interest. but at the same time, i think the obama administration takes a big hit on a lot of this stuff, and, you know, say what you will about their policies, let s not forget, though, that regardless of what you think about dodd/frank, it is a step, and at this point, you ve even got republicans say they re going to ....
Here for the daily rant on a different kind of american exceptionalism, msnbc contributor, emma jean lloyd weber. thank you, dylan. obama s foreign policy joined the event of the arab spring has often been labeled as leading from behind. it has been criticized by many. romney has stated that america is seen as being weak. not this time. after decades of debatable american foreign policy decisions, this new obama doctrine is starting to look like a stellar one. america has a bit of a history from leading from behind. the u.s. went through a long phase of isolationism over the past century. world war i began in 1914 but the u.s. didn t join until 1917. my small island of the uk was on its knees after two years of world war ii before american finally entered the fray in december 1941 and saved the day. world war ii, of course, altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. europe could stitch itself up ....
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but, also, again we ve run the clock, karen. i m going to keep you. barry, thanks for helping us to understand this a little bit better again. karen, jimmy, susan, stay. we ve got a whole lot more on la bailout online including a new skooips conversation with josh rosner and sean egan on what exactly is driving us to do this. what we could be doing that is not this. in the meantime, if this whole conversation does get you hot and bothered, join our alliance, tweet us, hit us up on facebook, the more of us that exist around this agenda, the more easily and effectively we can be heard, and i always appreciate the opportunity to interact and hear ideas from you. straight ahead, it is not in my movie, but it is one of the biggest heists in u.s. history. our specialist investigates who s stealing america s pensions, after this. whoa! hey! ....
Well, whether it s cutting social security, targeting medicare, or slashing the interest rate that retirees plan their golden years around at the federal reserve in order to bail out banks, there is no question that our country, america, is as a matter of policy making life harder and harder on older americans at a time when there are more of them than ever before. but that is not the least of it. our next guest says the retirement crisis is not just said, it is sinister. and her new book exposes not only what we re discussing, but specifically corporations that are making calculated efforts to pillage the pensions of the very workers in those companies, while in the process protecting executive compensation and raising profits reported on a quarterly basis. and joining us with the panel now is ellen schultz, investigative journalist for the wall street journal and the author of retirement heist: how companies plunder and profit from the nest eggs of american workers. ....