The Rick Smith Show Full Three Hours Show for 10-26-2016

Irwin Aronson, labor attorney and Rick Smith Show regular returns to talk about what’s going on in the Pennsylvania General Assembly while the news media is focused on the presidential horse race.  What is the latest on the PA GOP’s effort to destroy public sector pensions, “fix” the Unemployment Compensation Insurance program they harmed, and the plan to “reform” charter schools.

Greg Kaufmann, Editor of TalkPoverty.org and a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss his latest article titled, “The Antipoverty President of My Dreams” and talk about his hopes for the next president.

Dr. Stephen Herzenberg, economist and executive director of the Keystone Research Center joins us to talk about his organization’s analysis of the latest pension reform bill that appears to shows no savings for State but accomplishes the goal of massive benefit cuts for the workers.

Brian Tashman, Senior Research Analyst, People For the American Way joins Rick to talk about his most recent Huffington Post article titled, “With Trump, The Religious Right Returns To Its White Nationalist Roots” and discuss how the rise of Trump has some worried about a rise in violence.