"Consumer spending" radio episode · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: "Consumer spending" radio episode
Description: An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin on the decrease in consumer spending in 2002 and the subsequent fears of a potential recession. AuCoin critcizes how U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul H. O’Neill was "urging Americans to patriotically flock back to the shopping mall," as this "diminishes us as citizens...[as] mere economic units." Instead, AuCoin advocates for protecting one's money, civic virtues, and acts of goodwill in order to lift the national spirit. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired in 2002.
Identifier: PUA_MS147_JPR_081
Creator: AuCoin, Les
Date Created: 2002
Date: 2002
Spatial Coverage: United States
Is Part Of: Jefferson Public Radio
Subject: AuCoin, Les; Oregon--Politics and government; Public broadcasting--Oregon
Extent: 1 audio file (2 min., 52 sec.)
Format: MP3
Source: Pacific University Archives
Rights: This recording is provided here for research purposes with the permission of Les AuCoin and Jefferson Public Radio. All rights reserved.; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/