Harry Stein, Director of Fiscal Policy at the Center for American Progress joins Rick to discuss the disastrous realities of President Trump’s most recent Executive Order freezing federal hiring at a time when federal employment in at a 40-year low and the massive costs of privatizing the public’s necessary work. Are we going to see longer lines at Social Security offices, fewer workplace safety inspections, less oversight of environmental polluters, and a greater risk to our nation’s food supply and clean water systems? Simple answer…..Yes
Lisa Maatz, Vice President of Government Relations with The American Association of University Women (AAUW) joins Rick to share her experience from the weekend’s Women’s March on Washington DC and talk about the issues and organizing that were part of the event as well as where the passion and energy will be focused next.
