Essential to watch - Bill Moyers show - once again, brilliant. Ideology trumps truth...

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://billmoyers.com/


How economic inequality
destroys opportunity for
the Millennial generation


Also, former Reagan and Bush Administration official Bruce Bartlett
on why right-wing tax policies
are toxic to our economy.


Amazing to hear what Bruce Bartlett has to say. Do yourself a favor and spend the hour to watch the show.

[WillyT]

1. K & R !!!

[niyad]

2. k and r--it will be on in 45 min

[pampango]

3. Great show. Thanks for posting NRaleighLiberal. Big rec. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

4. I saw this over the weekend. I was really surprised at Bruce Barlett's remarks.

If anyone missed the show, I highly recommend watching the entire show online.

I especially liked Bartlett's analysis of Fox News.

BILL MOYERS: How did that happen?

BRUCE BARTLETT: Clearly, ideology has a great deal to do with it. The conservative side of our political spectrum has had an outsized voice over the last few years. I think especially since the establishment of Fox News, which has created an echo chamber in which people just hear the same ideas repeated ad infinitum.

And you know, it's just basic advertising, basically. You hear the same idea over and over again. Or you can call it propaganda if you like. It's broadly believed and people just keep saying these things all the time, that ‘Rich people create jobs.’ ‘Yes, rich people create jobs.’ ‘They're motivated primarily by taxation.’ ‘Yes, they're motivated by taxation.’ ‘We must cut their taxes.’ ‘Yes, we must cut their taxes.’

BILL MOYERS: Becomes a mantra.

BRUCE BARTLETT: That's right. Year after year after year of people watching Fox News and listening to talk radio, had conditioned them in advance to believe that the government is responsible for all of our problems.

http://billmoyers.com/segment/bruce-bartlett-on-where-the-right-went-wrong/

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, NRaleighLiberal.