Thom Hartmann Program - 1 Hour Edition - 01/17/19 - American billionaire fantasy that we can have a country without a government runs up against economic reality as the Trump shake down continues.

Thom says American billionaires may be giddily imagining that the shut down will result in federal employees never returning to their jobs, derailing democracy and moving us towards an oligarchic state. Marxian economist, Professor Richard Wolff explains how the government shutdown increases economic instability and that the longer it lasts the worse it will affect the economy as a whole. Mark Pocan- the Progressive Superstar Congressman- drops in to answer listener calls including charges that the Progressive Caucus has been compromised by corporate Dems- he shows it's not true, and explains the real human issues progressives are concretely working towards. Thom continues the conversation with some of his more interesting callers. Bob Ney gives the Talk Media News update on the government shutdown and the accidental GOP unanimous consent vote.