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Jonathan Alter On His Calls For Dems To Embrace Entitlement Cuts

March 4, 2013

Hi folks on today’s show Bloomberg View columnist Jonathan Alter (@jonathanalter) will discuss his new piece calling for Democrats to support entitlement cuts. Tune in at noon!

Tonight if you are in NYC go see Noam Chomsky speak at John Jay College “The End of The Vietnam War and the Collapse of Empire”

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