Moyers & Company. The New Robber Barons

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In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Author and historian Steve Fraser about provisions in the new spending bill, drafted by Citigroup, that expand the amount of campaign donations wealthy donors can give, and lets banks off the hook for gambling with customer (and taxpayer) money. Fraser compares our current age with the First Gilded Age when people rose in rebellion against the powers that be. Today we do not see "that enormous resistance," but he concludes, "people are increasingly fed up... their voices are not being heard. And I think that can only go on for so long without there being more and more outbreaks of what used to be called class struggle, class warfare".

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