One in three Americans are now poor, sapping our nation's social, economic, and moral strength
Poverty in America: Bigger than ever and rapidly spreading. The flood of poor people in this Land of Plenty is being swollen by turbulent economic waters sweeping millions of Americans downstream from the middle class. This is our nation's true economic crisis. Unlike the manufactured "fiscal cliff" hysteria that continues to consume Washington politicos and pundits, the present pace of poverty really is dragging down our economy and our nation's potential for greatness.
National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country And It's Time to Take It Back, Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. [
Health Industry Lobbyists : Busy As Beavers
Jim Hightower noting that lobbyists are like beavers -- they're experts at getting in the middle of the flow and damming everything up.
And that's exactly why insurance companies, drug makers, and others have hired every Washington lobbyist with a Sharkskin... [read more]
The Information Highway
Jim Hightower confessing that my idea of an "information highway" is the old Burma Shave signs. Remember those?
Well, nostalgia's not what it used to be, and now we're talking fiber-optic superhighways that would lead from God-knows-where right into your... [read more]
Union Camp : Making Clean Paper
Imagine giant forests, with towering trees, including old-growth hardwoods. No need to trek into the mountains of the Pacific Northwest to see one. There's one right there in Washington, DC, in New York City, Dallas, Detroit, San Francisco... [read more]
KMart's Little Snoopers
Jim Hightower asking if you knew that "stressed," spelled backwards is "desserts?"
Well, Kmart -- the $38-Billion-a-year retailing giant -- has been stressing-out some of its own employees, but the workers are fighting back, and the company might finally get its... [read more]
NAFTA, Lee Iacocca And The Japanese
Jim Hightower saying, check out the TV ad by Bill Clinton's chief NAFTA cheerleader, Lee Iacocca.
The guy's a scream. He jabs at the Japanese, wanting you and me to believe that they're the ones fighting Clinton's deal with Mexico... [read more]
Doug - Jones Average : October
Jim Hightower with the Doug-Jones Average -- a real-life measure of "How Ya Doin'?" for the 80 percent of Americans who don't own stocks and bonds, who're less worried about the stock market . . . than the grocery market.
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