The Thom Hartmann Program - July 31
Guest: Michael Chapman Managing Editor www.cnsnews.com Topic: Thom and Conservative Michael Chapman debate - Will a minimum wage help or hurt the economy?
Guest: Tom Hayden www.tomhayden.com Topic: Thom goes in-depth with activist Tom Hayden about the future of activism.
Guest: Jeff Golimowski www.cnsnews.com Topic: Outsourcing a defense contract? to - BAE Systems - who is under investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly paying more than $2 billion in bribes to Saudi officials in a successful effort to win a contract to supply fighter jets to the Saudi Air Force.
That and your calls right here on The Thom Hartmann Program - Fair and Slightly Unbalanced
Oversight
We've seen the problems caused when there is a lack of oversight in the three branches of government. Congress hasn't been doing its job watching over the executive branch. Now my question is this. Who is supposed to provide oversight of Congress? Who is supposed to clamp down on all these unnecessary earmarks, junkets, and just plain stupid legislation? We the people? Yeah, right. We don't have the power or the access to the information to hold them accountable except for elections. And what about the Courts? Who watches over them? Isn't it about time we reexamined the Constitution and gave it a 21th century upgrade? If not now, when?
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