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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.
Booking Jim
America's Most Popular Populist
No one in America today delivers a motivational speech like Jim Hightower, bringing home a hard-hitting, tell-it-like-it-is political message, yet keeping his audience doubled-up with laughter. In the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers and Woody Guthrie, he skewers the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be -- America's workaday folks.
TO BOOK JIM, contact Laura Ehrlich at laura@jimhightower.com or by telephone at 512-477-5588, extension 1. Jim's expenses must always be covered and his normal speaking fee is $10,000, although he does make appearances for less than that, depending on circumstances. (The fees are necessary because this is how he finances his staff, office, research, and other work that keeps putting his populist message out there.) All invitations are welcome and are considered on their individual merit, so email or call ...and bring Jim to your town!