Dylan with Steve Friedman, Executive Producer of DR's Show. (He was also the EP for the Today Show for many years!)
By Tanya Hayre
After a whirlwind two weeks of launching his new book, 'Greedy Bastards,' Dylan Ratigan can officially add the term 'New York Times best-selling author' to his bio. The Times released their list this morning and 'Greedy Bastards' came in at number 9!
In between book signings and media appearances, Dylan has also launched a new venture - the '30 Million Jobs Tour.' So, what 30 million jobs have to do with 'Greedy Bastards'? Dylan has coined the term "connect the dots" to explain the correlation between the two.
Dylan Ratigan with a copy of his New York Times best-selling book, 'Greedy Bastards'
Though he can explain it far better that I can, in layman's terms: 'The Dylan Ratigan Show' is traveling around the country to demonstrate that, there are, sectors and examples or what Dylan refers to as “cradles of innovation” of successful models of education, health care, and energy. Through his show on MSNBC, Dylan is highlighting areas of the country that are booming, i.e. - Silicon Valley and it's working model of fresh, new ideas and innovation. If we take the smaller models of what is working (nationally adopting the formula that makes Silicon Valley so successful), perhaps we can create new jobs and showcase that (in Dylan's words) "we are a nation flush with potential."
That logic Dylan has adapted is what he details in his book 'Greedy Bastards' – that there are systems holding back this potential, starving it of necessary capital. 30 Million Jobs is the number of jobs we need for full and complete U.S. employment.
If you're scratching your brain trying to make sense of this, come see Dylan in person while he's on his book tour and he'll explain it and sign a copy of his book for you. Check out his schedule of events around the country here.
For more information, please check out the 'Greedy Bastards' webpage here. Keep up with Dylan on twitter at@DylanRatigan. You can follow me @TanyaHayre.
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This site is 3 days behind. Obama has encourage the private sector to create jobs and to bring the jobs the previous administration sent overseas by giving them the subsidies. Those who say that capitalism is being practice in the US, think again. If we think that the transferring of money from employees salaries (by firing them or lowering salaries) to share holders is not capitalism. Capitalism is based on innovation and expansion.
Bush, did not encourage expansion to other countries, as expansion should have been encouraged with the corporation's money, he gave money away to take jobs away from Americans to give those jobs away to foreigners. That just shows that what they did was to transferred monetary assets from salaries of those employees, to their share holders. It would be OK if they would not have used the tax payers money. They depleted our treasury. And they are still doing it as Obama has all these programs and proposals but the congress continues to sabotage his efforts.