Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 01/31/19 - Today, a fascinating swim through tax fairness, and income inequality. As Fox'con'n appears to have tricked Wisconsin to walk away with most of the massive tax breaks Scott Walker gave them, this is par

The Hartmann Report

Thom's take- as Foxconn has been to show to have conned Wisconsin for massive tax break money- what can be done to keep cities from racing to the bottom with tax giveaways? - Steve in Phoenix says the endgame for the billionaires is to get rid of government spending that benefits everyone. Thom adds, they'd rather change everything into a chance for billionaires to get richer. Thom's thoughts on taxes, flashing back to FDR. David in South Dakota thinks billionaires create jobs- Thom shows this is a fantasy, comparing billionaires to money-thirsty blood-sucking parasites. And Michel in Seattle has her doubts about Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. And other callers add to the pile of interesting thoughts. - Deep thinker and economist Professor Richard Wolff explains the Fed's constraint of interest rates to placate Trump and delay economic crisis.- Thom continues his thoughts about property taxes- it's a wealth tax! The twitterati have been responding with him. And James in Texas is frustrated, but Thom ends up agreeing with him. - Insider and former Republican Congressman Bob Ney has thoughts on the billionaires on Trump's cabinet.- Nancy in Michigan adds detail to the wealth tax discussion. And George in Chicago closes out the show with thoughts about the Great Lakes, Foxconn, and water supplies.

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