The spark that ignited tea party wrath in 2008 was not such right-wing bugaboos as "Obamacare," the federal deficit, or states' rights, which were added on later by Koch-created front groups. Rather, the uprising sprang directly from the public's raw outrage over Washington's flagrant coddling of Wall Street banksters.
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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. [Read more]
America is at an historic divide between rulers and rulees and the rulees are restless. Hightower...
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"I make a lot of money these days speaking to corporations, so I'd really prefer not to admit how...
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Death on the Job : I
Jim Hightower observing that the Occupational Health and Safety Act was passed back in 1970 to prevent on-job injuries and death.
Want to guess how many workers have been killed on-the-job since then? Over 200,000. Almost 30 EACH AND... [read more]
NAFTA : Angelica Hernandez
Jim Hightower thumbing through an article in The Village Voice about the real-life impact of "Free-Trade" -- NAFTA-style.
It's a Tale of Two Cities, both of them dependant on Zenith -- the television maker that's steadily dismantling its U.S. operations and... [read more]
NAFTA : Randy Conaway
Jim Hightower thumbing through a tremendous article in The Village Voice about the true impact of "Free Trade."
Its a Tale of Two Cities, centered on Zenith -- the television maker that has been steadily dismantling its U.S. facilities... [read more]
Walt Disney : Rat
Jim Hightower talking about Hollywood's Dark Prince, a new biography of Walt Disney by Marc Eliot.
Disney, the man who created the Magical Kingdom, "When you wish upon a star," Cinderella, Tinkerbell and the Mousketeers was himself . . . well,... [read more]
Bank of America : Knocking Down Workers
Jim Hightower asking if you know what company is America's biggest employer today? Not Exxon, not AT&T, not General Motors either. It's an outfit called Manpower -- a provider of part-time, temporary employees.
The term "Temps" used to refer... [read more]
Lawn Chemicals
Jim Hightower noting that farmers are not the only ones that chemical companies have hooked on pesticides these days. Look in your own storage shed.
Urban and suburban dwellers actually use more pesticides per square yard than farmers do. ... [read more]