From the show: Israelis voting, AIG suing and Alex Jones losing his mind
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Topic: Economy
Neil Barofsky: Without another financial crisis, President Obama is unlikely to prosecute ‘too big to jail’ banksters
Cenk Uygur and Neil Barofsky, former Troubled Asset Relief Program special inspector general, discuss how HSBC managed to escape charges of helping drug trafficking organizations launder money without any criminal prosecution. watch video
Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder, big business and wealthy GOPers have ruined our democracy
Cenk Uygur digs into the income inequality at the root of the protests against the “right-to-work” law in Michigan. watch video
Former US Secretary of Labor Robert Reich: ‘We don’t have a deficit crisis’ and accepting the grand bargain would be a ‘bad deal’
Cenk Uygur and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich break down why Obamacare should only be the first step in health care reform and why the term “fiscal cliff” is a dangerous misnomer. watch video
McDonald’s profits are up 130 percent, but employees still make less than $8 an hour
Cenk Uygur interviews Harold Miller, an organizer with New York Communities for Change, to learn more about day one of fast-food worker strikes in New York City. watch video
From the show: Fiscal cliff notes, Costco and Bigfoot
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Rep.-elect Grayson: ‘Wal-Mart could give every employee, even the CEO, a 30 percent raise and still be profitable’
Cenk Uygur talks to Florida Rep.-elect Alan Grayson about his support of Wal-Mart workers who walked out or protested on Thanksgiving and Black Friday. watch video
Rich CEOs aim to shift $134 billion in tax payments onto poor and middle-class Americans
Cenk Uygur breaks down why corporate CEOs like Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs Group Inc.) and David Cote (Honeywell International) are the real heads of the Republican Party and says their goal is to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. watch video
Rolling Jubilee has already raised enough money to buy out almost $6 million of Americans’ medical debt
Cenk talks to Thomas Gokey, an artist who is one of the co-founders of the Rolling Jubilee movement, an Occupy Wall Street off-shoot that raises money to buy debt and then “forgive” what people owe rather than collecting on the [...] watch video
From the show: Progressive bargaining, states seceding and Cornel West
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