I love Bernie too. If there is a hero of the people, it is he. Can you imagine how different things would have been if he would have been elected?

No person should be worth a billion dollars or more. We have created a billionaire royalty worldwide. This is getting ridiculous. How much money does one person need? When 1 percent of the world population owns 99 percent of the world's resources, it is a big problem. The lack of a middle class is appalling.

A 32 hour work week won't matter if the workload does not change! I'm a special education teacher on a salary. They say don't work past 5, just close your laptop, but the caseload of IEPs prevents that. I worked 66 hours last week and always over 40, usually at least 55. I know we need to put our foot down and say no more, but when we go out of compliance, it's on us. This will probably be my last year teaching.

Good Morning 😊 I love having coffee with you on Saturday morning. I deleted Facebook account years ago, never used TikToc, X, Instagram, and KZfaq is my main entertainment these days. Great discussion- thank you- vote blue & all MAGA out 💙🇺🇸💙

They always find a way to manipulate or abuse any tool to their advantage to make more money, tax those greedy self-serving hypocrites!!

I can't drive my car any more because I can't afford the insurance & license tabs, so I don't get to go out for coffee w/people on Saturday mornings (or any other morning, lol). I very much enjoy the Saturday Coffee Klatch. We all can't be together in person, but we-all are together in spirit, I'm certain of that.

Robert Reich for president!

Why don't we dive into the fact that both parties are owned by the same companies and this country is nothing on the order of a democracy. And Sander's proposing a 32-hour work week is fine - but what do people do with 15-bucks an hour when the median price of a home is $400,000 and a new car is $45,000? The entire system is broken.

If Trump gets 5% of the vote, he will call out his goons again. You said it: his life is on the line.

I have always thought that the internet should be an $8 per yr public utility

Private homeownership is a greater predictor of a healthy economy than anything else.

The coffee was great. The discussion even better! Thanks for enlightening us.

Love this show!! Great information!

Bernie just uses common sense with many of his proposals. I surely don't understand why people are against him. My wife and I really enjoy watching both of you. The best to you both.

Intelligence and common sense are priceless.❤😊

According to an American government textbook I have, one of the functions of a political party is to bring the electorate together after a contentious election.

32 hour workweek FOR THE WIN! Help the people have better family lives. Children growing with more parental time is a FANTASTIC thing! Children and teen suicides WILL start to fall. The mental health of the ENTIRE country will improve for SURE. Very important subject for this soul here!!!!

The reduced work week only works if you increase the federal minimum wage. If an hourly employee loses 8 hours of work how are they compensated?

Good morning. I am only in YT. Love having my morning coffee with the Coffee Klatch❤☕.

Thank you robert

Sec. Reich: My diesel mechanic son - who, sadly, has come under the sway of RWNJ podcasts - happened in from the garage during this podcast: "Oh! Is that Robert Reich?? Yeah, he's a cool guy!!" I'm glad that at least SOME of the values instilled in his childhood sank in!! 😁

I look forward to watching this each week

Great conversation! Real.

Bravo getting Equity Firms out of housing! Monopoly ownership in a way as it does not allow for market forces

Robert, I respect your observations and thoughtfulness over the years, and topics. Thank you to you and Heather. Loving the Coffee Klatch! (Maybe consider giving credit to Heather in your post's header!? She is your co-host.)

I like your Klatsch. Very informative. Thank you, guys.

In my area (the South) Christian fundamentalists are talking on radio about armed uprisings.

happy Saturday to you too!

Love the coffee klatch. Robert and Heather 👍👍 I like to pronounce MAGA like maggot. Hope that helps.😂

My son runs a small firm in the Uk and he has just introduced a 4 day week same pay. His firm is doing well even with all the disadvantages under Brexit. As a 75 year old lefty mother I am so proud of him. He has always looked after the wellbeing of his employees too.

When charging interest on commercial loans and making money with money then only the banks prosper while the rest of us work for wages.

Without Internet access, where would Amazon be? Or all on line stores... Yet, we have to pay for it. Its like paying to walk into a store.

100% Healthcare coverage including all medications. 6 weeks paid vacation. Retirement options starting at 50. Minimum wage is NOT a living wage but need to be increased to $16.80 an hour. Housing for disabled and other low income people.

Workers have moved to Self employment after losing their jobs during the pandemic. This has been a healthy reset.

On my last job we worked nine hours Monday-Thursday and four hours on Friday for a forty hour week. That gave us time Friday afternoon to get our Drs, bank, legal business done without interfering with our normal work hours. One extra hour a day was more efficient for the business in dealing with overseas businesses with time changes (Asian markets) Eastern markets in the US we were on West Coast. If we worked 32 hours four days a week personal business would get over without interfering in regular work week. Less travel days to drive in traffic, less people rushing around to get things done on lunch hour.

You two are so entertaining and knowledgeable. I love the fusion between young and seasoned. Keep up the good work!!

I'm enjoying sharing my Saturday coffee with you, thank you for this broadcast -- signed, a fellow nauseous optimist.

We are all being stalked all the time.

Wage inequity needs to be addressed first. Also managers would have to be forced to not take punitive action against employees whom complete a large amount of overtime. That is the only ways you can get 32 hour work weeks.

It's a fantastic episode as always. Thank you both very much for the updates.👍💙👍💙

YES! UBI would be so life saving!!!!

I would like to hear you guys discuss the real estate market, and how REIT’s and short term rentals are driving up housing prices nationwide.

I deleted my Facebook account and will not do X. KZfaq is my social media go to.

I love Bernie, too! And I love you, Robert Reich!

The philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) also wrote about making the workweek shorter with the same salary in order to increase the quality of life for all workers. He thought that everyone, including the lowest worker, deserved more time to simply enjoy life away from the job and spend it with family and friends or hobbies. And he was born into privilege in Great Britain. Great guy, like Bernie!

Are they going to ban those same entities owning American companies, properties?

I really enjoy these conversations between you two! Happy Saturday! ☕️

National minimum living wage of $25 an hour and 32 hour full-time week.

Overtime started as a penalty. With the rise in the cost of healthcare and retirement being paid as straight time, it's cheaper to work two workers on overtime than to hire a third at straight time. If benefits were paid at time and a half, overtime would actually be a penalty. From there the 32 at 40 convention could begin. Along the way the term small business needs to be corrected. The idea of a small business in our minds does not compare with the terms definition of under 500 employees. There should be two more tiers of "small" businesses in there each with it's own protections.

I worked 4 10 hr shifts per week at a warehouse and I loved it. I had the option of having either Monday or Friday off. It was great having that weekday off for scheduling doctor appointments or parent teacher conferences.

Some fun things in this Klatch... juggling... Flint, Michigan, a DJ playing records, presumably 45 RPM... the phrase "you had to've".

Do you know what I miss from not having Facebook, Twitter or TikToc on my phone? Nothing.

"Nauseously Optomistic" 💙

❤ Love u guys n gals !!!

The Supreme Court should not have lifetime appointments congress should have term limits!

Love the coffee Klatch! Always great stuff. I don’t see Heather’s name in the title or description, any reason for not having that? Is it possible to add it? Not trying to be overly critical, but I think she deserves billing/recognition for these videos. Please keep them coming, I always look forward to Saturdays with y’all!

Same thing going on in Europe. All the while saying Austerity Plans are absolutely needed.

How does Canada and EU manage these social media corporations?

I am absolutely not in favor of Steve Mnuchin and the MAGA faction buying up another social media platform.

I now use the term "essential women's health care" when referring to abortion because I think it needs to be more widely recognized as the necessary life saving measure it IS in the toolbox of quality care for women of All ages.

Thank you ❤

" Biden has these things called policies -not sure if Donald got the memo "😂😂great line ,Heather! Love the show ! informative , intelligent, fun

Me too, I don't use Facebook or any "Anti" Social media. Just utube where I can choose some excellent utube channels, like this one!

Im tired of being physically sick. Doctors are stepping down, not helping patients. Especially middle aged women. I can't even get my insurance company to approve a scan. I can't get the medication I need due to the USA purges. The doctors say there is nothing to be done. As they go on vacation to one of their multiple homes. I have been sick for over ten years. I have multiple autoimmune diseases. But I have to wait until cancer appears before I can get a opioid for my pain. Even then it isn't even guaranteed. That's what privatization of our medical industry has caused. Misery, total misery. Thanks billionaire class for taking healthcare back to the dark ages again.

"the way we should be talking about it" Our media stays "out of context" way too much.

It's pronounced "Maggot"

Good Morning. Don't even know what Tik Tok is about. The only social media I use is KZfaq, and I'm leery of that, but there is some great stuff on YT, like your channel, music, movies, etc.

You spread hope and good spirits. That's fantastic, even for a Europeen worrying about the upcoming presidential election. 🤞🏻

Most places are already at 35 hour work week. They give an unpaid hour for lunch so going to 32 might just mean my boss let's us go at 2pm on Friday to save him from having to pay me for the 3 hours.

An early version of universal basic income was actually being pursued by Nixon and most analysts expected it to pass easily through Congress. What happened? Watergate. Energy crisis. Stagflation. Vietnam... And some bad data from Seattle suggesting that divorce rates might rise - which was later debunked.

The 2 days following the 2024 election are going to be a nightmare, no matter what happens. I only hope I'm wrong.

Robert, you and I could have gone to school together, and I prize your opinion. Thank you.

Love Bernie though I was a hardcore fangirl/volunteer for the Elizabeth Warren campaign. If I ever feel despair about the wealth gap, I click on her channel and watch her take down the latest Wall Street offender. Those stories don’t get much coverage. Gee wonder why 💙💙

Robert, you're one of the only sources which talk about the interconnectedness of history, finances, politics, and reality. Thank you. It's sad more people can't see the mass entanglement.

"Don't forget this country was founded by rich white men for rich white men" teacher just before the summer bell in the movie dazed and confused.

Love what you say Robert, but it would sound so much better if you had a good mic. :)

Thank YOU

Thanks

The rental housing bubble is growing and growing again! It is not about home ownership, it is recreating the landlord overload issues

Love Bernie. The 32 hour work week cross all political parties!! Yes, contract and small businesses owners need a 4 day work week too :)

Heather, you are fun to watch. You are direct, educated/knowledgeable, and beautiful. Actually, I am a grandma, and you look like my very young granddaughter. Maybe that is why I like this segment so much. Thank you and love you.

Flint Town represent!! I'm a Flint girl, I love this city and want to be able to thrive

Hows about a 36 hr. work week and a requirement that contract workers get the same deal regarding social security, medicare, health care, ect. Contract workers should get a paid time off after a certain number of hours worked and so forth.

The 32 work week is great, but we also need to end the 'tip wages' minimums.

Can you imagine Aaron Rogers as President if everyone ditches the 2 major parties and Kennedy kicks the bucket after taking office. Ya think we have problems now…. We are so fortunate to have someone who is trying to do the right thing despite ridiculous headwinds.

A convergence of troubling factors looms ominously over the China. From soaring inflation rates to potential bank collapses, severe droughts in the agricultural heartland, a looming recession, shortages ranging from food supplies to essential commodities like diesel fuel, heating oil, baby formula, and even available automobiles, alongside escalating living costs-all these elements seem to be aligning, painting a grim picture that could potentially culminate in a significant disaster by year-end, or even sooner.

Without switching our politics to the 'Popular Vote', we are only asking for more problems.

All the best guys are DJ's first.

AND - a 4 day work week will give everyone a chance to go attend their local government meetings. It's not boring when they decide how to spend our tax dollars.

THANKS Robert and Heather! I LIKE having Saturday morning coffee with you two! Oh... Kamala went and visited a clinic NOW? I am not impressed. I would have been impressed if she'd gone last year, the year before or the year before that. I agree with commenter @guymerritt4860 (who commented 1 hour ago and I couldn't say it better) : 'Why don't we dive into the fact that both parties are owned by the same companies and this country is nothing on the order of a democracy. And Sander's proposing a 32-hour work week is fine - but what do people do with 15-bucks an hour when the median price of a home is $400,000 and a new car is $45,000? The entire system is broken.' I would add though that less than 30% of registered voters are registered with EITHER corrupt party and 45% of USAmericans are considering themselves INDEPENDENTS! While I really do NOT like RFKjr's stance on Israel, I DO agree with him on a LOT and have followed his career for 40 years! he's no fly-by-night. And if he does pick Jesse for his running mate? THAT's the ticket I'm most likely to vote for! And pronunciation? Exactly like what it is: MAGGOT.

- The ban on TikTok by the House of Representatives reflects bipartisan concerns regarding Chinese ownership and the potential risks associated with American data falling into foreign hands. This move underscores broader anxieties about safeguarding privacy and maintaining the integrity of democratic processes, particularly in the context of elections. - Robert Reich's skepticism about the motives behind the TikTok ban revolves around the perceived interests of potential buyers, including right-wing billionaires. He questions whether these individuals would truly prioritize protecting privacy or preventing the spread of misinformation, given their own vested interests and track records. - Discussions surrounding Trump's criminal cases highlight the stakes involved, with Reich noting Trump's heightened desperation as legal proceedings unfold. Concerns center around potential delays, particularly if Trump's appointees in the Supreme Court indirectly influence decisions, raising questions about impartiality and the rule of law. - Poll results indicating the possibility of contestation in the event of a closely lost election reflect broader concerns about political polarization and distrust in electoral processes. The notion of street-level disputes underscores the charged atmosphere surrounding contemporary politics, where disputes often spill over from traditional arenas into public spaces. - Bernie Sanders' proposal for a shorter workweek resonates with ongoing debates about work-life balance and economic fairness. The idea of a 32-hour workweek aims to align wages more closely with productivity gains, addressing long-standing disparities that have persisted since the establishment of the 40-hour workweek in 1940. However, implementing such reforms faces significant political hurdles, given the partisan divide and resistance from entrenched interests.

I really don't understand how an employer benefits from a 32 hr week while paying the same as a 40 hr week, but I have to say, as an employee I'm all for it.

Prouncing it "magga" works, short for maggots

I think KZfaq should be monitored better

Sec. Reich is the best!! By the way, a 2020 US Government Accountability Office report found that " Amazon and Walmart were listed among the top 25 employers with workers relying on the supplemental nutrition assistance program (Snap), formerly known as food stamps, or Medicaid in nine states studied, with Walmart ranked first." Included in the top ten: McDonalds, Uber, Wendy's, Burger King....How would 32 hrs work?

32 hour work week would be great, but I get paid by the mile, work 12-14 hour days and don’t get overtime now. Truckers are overtime exempt.

My family and my current boyfriend who lives in California and works there. My current boyfriend has three college degrees and work for the CIA for three years and defended our capital and he currently works for a gym. My family is a family of workers but I’m saying financially tied to my family, because of health reasons, and Financial reasons as well

I think that business management is a big problem with many American Corporations... How can a computer be wrong??? In the hands of the few, a computer can work your fingers to the bone

Yess all social media is the same. Get your kids phones that have no social media. My grandchild has a watch that allows her to contact parents/grandparents and allows us to track her.

My first jobs were stall cleaning, and harvesting string beans, strawberries and peaches