Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 02/20/19 - Today, a detailed meditation on The Green New Deal. Thom makes the case that this plan would return the Democratic Party to it's FDR-era roots, while making our country stronger financially and socially. A discussion with someone opposed and with callers across the country ensues.

The science suggests that climate chaos is an impending disaster, and that we must implement policy that hugely cuts the amount of carbon we produce. But, by reforming the way we subsidize the fossil fuel industry, health insurance billionaires, and other malarkey, and by educating Americans and putting them to work in Green industries, we can ultimately come out ahead. -------- Thom debates Elaine Parker of the "Job Creators Network Foundation", a group that objects to using taxes to fund the Green New Deal because it's 'socialism'. If we're going to strip socialism out of America, would she want to start with the Fire Department or Social Security first? -------- Callers look at all the angles and opportunities in the Green New Deal. -------- Ellen Rattner of Talk Media News has

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