Terrence Mcnally Podcast

Q&A: Barlett & Steele-Betrayal of American Dream

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Aired 09/09/12 Let's suppose, for a moment, there was a country where the people in charge charted a course that eliminated millions of good-paying jobs. Suppose they gave away several million more jobs to other nations. Finally, imagine that the people running this country implemented economic policies that enabled those at the very top to grow ever richer while most others grew poorer. You wouldn't want to live in such a place, would you? Too bad. You already do. Those are the words of this week's guests,DON BARLETT and JIM STEELE. These are some of the consequences of failed U.S. government policies that have been building over the last three decades - the same policies that people in Washington today are intent on keeping or expanding...Most significant of all, the American dream of the last half-century has been revoked for millions of people - a dream rooted in a secure job, a home in the suburbs, the option for families to live on one income rather than two, a better life than your parents had and a