The Rick Smith Show - 6/5/2015

Richard W. Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO joins Rick to discuss the recent pension hearing and what the PA GOP’s pension reform would do to taxpayers and public sector workers.

David Scott, former Deputy Chief of Police for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority offers a law enforcement perspective on Tom Wolf's latest death penalty reprieve and discusses the effectiveness of the Death Penalty as a deterrent to crime. 

Isaiah Poole, Online Editor at the Campaign for America’s Future joins Rick to talk about Rick Perry joining the Clown Bust & Fast Track Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement.  The bad, the ugly, and are you kidding me.

John Neurohr, Communications Director for Keystone Progress is in studio to talk about PA State Senator “Helicopter Scott” Wagner’s twisted view of education funding from his chopper and examine the PA budget battle.