Full Show - 12/20/10. Chamber of Commerce 9/11, Social Security Repeal, Privacy and Surveillance

A new report says the U.S. Chamber of Commerce convinced GOP Congressmen to vote against a bill that would help 9/11 first responders suffering with ailments from their service. Thom talks to Think Progress reporter Lee Fang about the Chamber pulling Congressional strings. Then, sources say President Obama may be addressing a Social Security repeal in his next State of the Union Address. Thom discusses this with Dr. Robert Kuttner. Finally, is the government prying too much into the private lives of its citizens through surveillance. Thom talks about this with Shahid Buttar and Erica Newland.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• 9/11
• first responders
• Lee Fang
• Social Security
• social safety nets
• Robert Kuttner
• government spying
• surveillance
• spying
• Shahid Buttar
• Erica Newland
• Thom Hartmann
• Big Picture. theBigPictureRT

[deracinated1]

Thom a swipe @ free speach? was thinking this would be the first show i could get behind 100%. Guess not. (around 50:remark take fox off the air) all mainstreem media is monopolized. Thom seems like the frog in the pot, slowly coming to a boil.

do love that you get these bright young Americans on there. lends one hope,for a free and just future/with out bankster economics.

[jimlaregina]

The watched seems to have stopped at SIXTY MINUTES if moneyed interests water boys like N.J. governor Chris Christie agrees to be interviewed. In the 1970s Christie would have run like hell at the sight of SIXTY MINUTES approaching. (Well, in Christie's case, he would have waddled like hell.)

[SpaLaLand]

I understand...