Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Noam Chomsky on US Economic Crisis: Joblessness, Excessive Military Spending and Healthcare - YouTube

Noam Chomsky on US Economic Crisis: Joblessness, Excessive Military Spending and Healthcare - YouTube

Noam Chomsky speaks to us about the state of the U.S. economy and Obama’s job creation bill, which Chomsky says “didn’t go far enough, but at least it has elements that are going in the right direction.” Chomsky says that huge military spending, low taxes by the rich and corporations must be addressed in an economy recovery plan. Do you agree with Chomsky’s view?
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Democracy Now! speaks with MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky about the state of the U.S. economy as Obama calls on Congress to push through his job plan. He also comments on several statements made by GOP presidential candidates at last night’s debate organized by the Tea Party and CNN.

"DemocracyNow.org - President Obama sent his new jobs proposal to Congress on Monday with a plan to pay for the $447 billion package by raising taxes on the wealthy. Democracy Now! interviews MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, who says "huge military spending, a very low taxes by the rich [and corporations] ... those are problems, fundamental problems that have to be dealt with if there is going to be anything like successful economic and social development in the United States." As Republican presidential candidate, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, calls Social Security a "ponzi scheme," and Democrats buy into the narrative that the program is in crisis, Chomsky notes that, "To worry about a possible problem 30 years from now, which can incidentally be fixed with a little bit of tampering here and there, as was done in 1983, to worry about that makes absolutely no sense unless you're trying to destroy the program.""

For the complete transcript, to download the podcast, or for additional Democracy Now! reports about the U.S. economic crisis, visit http://www.democracynow.org