Summary: It's the St. Patrick's Day edition of Talking Left - with great guests, in depth analysis, and of course - a story about beer! {play}archive/TalkingLeft3-17-13.mp3{/play} Right click on this line, "save file as" to download the MP3 to your computer. In our first hour, we heard from progressive activist and former/future candidate Lance Enderle. He helped us understand how the people of Michigan feel about Detroit's new Emergency Manger Kevyn Orr, and what we can do to fight the anti-democratic laws being rammed through that state's legislature. Next, we spoke with our dear friend - and fellow We Act Radio family member - Daniel Marans. In addition to being the Executive Producer of Take Action News with David Shuster, Daniel also works hard to protect our social safety net as Policy Director of Social Security Works. He wrote an incredible piece on Huffington Post earlier this year that explains how Obama's Chained CPI proposal will really effect seniors, and why Progressives shouldn't support it. In addition, Daniel's helping to fight changes to Social Security and other vital programs by spreading the word about Alan Grayson's "No-Cuts.Com" petition. Be sure you sign it and share it! In the last hour, we weighed in on the various budget proposals recently proposed by Congress. Both Paul Ryan's extreme-Right budget and Patty Murray's middle-of-the-road plan are up for consideration, but the budget most people support - the "Back to Work" budget proposed by the House Progressives - hasn't even been up for debate by lawmakers. In stark contrast to both the Democratic and Republican plans, the "Back to Work" budget calls for huge investments in infrastructure and jobs, and substantial tax increases on billionaires. While none of these plans will ever be passed as they stand now, it sure would be nice to see the Progressive plan get an equal amount of consideration. Call Congress and tell them you'd like to hear the Progressive's "Back to Work" budget discussed! Thanks to Rocky Mountain Mike for writing and producing our incredible theme music! Please check out his amazing Sound Cloud! Thanks to We Act Radio - 1480AM WPWC, Radio or Not, Progressive Blend Radio, and SoFlo Radio - for helping to ensure all listeners have corporate-free, independent radio! And, of course, thanks to you, our listeners, friends, and family - for supporting us through all of our crazy shows, dreams, and political addictions!! You can also follow all of the news about upcoming topics and guests on our Facebook page and on Twitter @TalkingLeft. And you can subscribe to Talking Left free on iTunes and to our awesome new YouTube Channel! As always, thanks for listening!
