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By gollies, when the economic going gets tough for America's workaday people, you can always count on our tough-minded political leaders to get going! Get going, as in: rush like hell to find some gimmick to make it look like they're doing something without actually, you know, doing anything.
THE RICH WORRY ABOUT YOU
Thursday, December 24, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
You'll be comforted to know that the rich are concerned about you. Not concerned about your joblessness, lack of health care, or anything else about your economic condition. No, no – it's your psychological state... [read more]
"HORSE AND SPARROW" ECONOMICS
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | Posted by Melody Byrd
Time for another Gooberhead Award – presented periodically to those in the news who’ve got their mouths running 100 miles per hour… but forgot to put their brains in gear.
Today’s... [read more]
CREDIT-RATING FINAGLERS FREED BY MEEK CONGRESS
Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
America has the wrong approach for dealing with thieves. Rather than "looking backwards" at their misdeeds and "punishing" them, we merely need to ask that they not misbehave in the future, then monitor their behavior.
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CEOS SACRIFICE WORKERS WHILE ENRICHING THEMSELVES
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Funnyman, Bob Newhart, used to do a comedy bit in which he portrayed a commanding officer addressing his troops on the eve of a big battle. The commander spoke bluntly about the bloody horror the... [read more]
SPREADING COMMERCIALISM UNDERGROUND
Friday, December 4, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Corporate ads and logos are everywhere – in taxicabs, movies, and parks, as well as on gas pumps, airplane folddown trays, and school buses. So why not on Luke Ryan's guitar case?
... [read more]
BANKER CHARITY
Friday, November 20, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
"Banker" and "morality" are not concepts you would ever expect to find paired together, but some of the biggest bankers in Europe are rushing out to insist that, at heart, they are all about morality.
... [read more]
THE RICH WORRY ABOUT YOU
Thursday, November 12, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
You'll be comforted to know that the rich are concerned about you. Not concerned about your joblessness, lack of health care, or anything else about your economic condition. No, no – it's your psychological state... [read more]
BANKERS GONE BONKERS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Wall Street bankers are mad – in both senses of that word.
It starts with banker anger. Many financial executives are downright huffy, because they say you and I are not... [read more]
AIRLINE INNOVATIONS
Friday, November 6, 2009 | Posted by Jim Hightower
For those of you who, like me, travel a lot on airplanes, there is good news: Airline executives have become much more innovative in the past year!
The bad news is... [read more]
SHOULD A LOCAL BUSINESS BE "LOCAL?"
In Alice In Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty declares: "When I use a word, it means what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less."
Well, get ready to tumble down... [read more]