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Monday, October 06, 2008
  • Deborah Glick
    Deborah Glick

    What’s The Damage?

    Governor Paterson has called a special session to discuss the state’s potential $1.2 billion budget shortfall. Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-66th) explains what the Wall Street crisis means for New York. And, who exactly who is middle class anyway?

    This week's Wiki-produced 30 Issues in 30 Days segment is on Oil and Alternative Energy.
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What's the Damage?

Gov. Paterson has called a special legislative session to deal with the financial crisis fallout. Deborah Glick, New York State Assemblymember (D-66th), talks about upcoming session.

Term Limits Unlimited

As the city council takes up the question of extending term limits, Joyce Purnick, long-time New York Times political writer, looks at their options.

The Answer is Still No

Scott Garrett, U.S. Congressman (NJ-5th), talks about why he voted no -again - on the bailout proposal.

Winking Intentions

Hara Estroff Marano, editor at large for Psychology Today talks about what people are supposed to infer from the body language of winking.

30 Issues: The Tax Code

How much money in taxes will you pay under a John McCain or Barack Obama administration? Clint Stretch, managing principal of tax policy for Deloitte Tax, has crunched the numbers.

Then
John R. Talbott, author of Obamanomics: How Bottom-Up Economic Prosperity Will Replace Trickle-Down Economics and The Coming Crash in the Housing Market and Stephen Moore, Wall Street Journal senior economics writer, debate the merits of each of the candidates' tax plans.

Then
So what is middle class anyway? Robert Frank, economics professor at Cornell University and author of Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class, joins us to take your calls about what "middle class" really means.

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Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

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