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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.
Recent Commentaries
NIMBY
Friday, February 26, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
NIMBY. Stands for Not In My Back Yard.
It s a term of derision and disrespect that The Powers That Be apply to people like us when we have the audacity to say no to... [read more]
Unemployment Rate
Thursday, February 25, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
On economic news, the media sometimes treats us like a crop of mushrooms. You know how they grow mushrooms? They keep em in the dark and pile layer-after-layer of manure on em.
For example, check this month... [read more]
Motor Voter
Wednesday, February 24, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
When election day comes around, about four out of ten of us are on the outside looking in unregistered.
In my state, registration ends a month before the election, so by the time things heat up and people... [read more]
High - Octane Snake Oil
Wednesday, February 24, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
The oil giants spend millions to get you to buy their Super-Premium, 92 Octane gasoline.
But, unless you re driving a Rolls Royce or unless you ve got an old clunker with an engine knocking louder than a bill... [read more]
Insurance Companies / Health Care
Tuesday, February 23, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Insurance companies scoffed at the public s cry for health-care reform oh, until about midnight, November 3, 1992. That s when Bill Clinton beat their man Bush ... and they knew that some kind of reform was... [read more]
Michael Milkin
Tuesday, February 23, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
Thank God they re finally letting Michael Milkin out of prison!
OK, so the King of Junkbonds was guilty of the biggest Wall Street scandal of all time But, Lord have mercy! They gave him 10... [read more]
Agkone : Enviro - Entrepreneurs
Monday, February 22, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
If you ve got lemons, make lemonade. Right?
But what if you ve got manure?
Erath County, the number 1 milk producer in Texas, has more cows than people and a whole lot more cow-patties than they knew... [read more]
Doug Jones Average
Monday, February 22, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
What does the Dow Jones Average mean to you?
Headlines shout, The Dow s gonna go above 3500!
Well, 3500 what? I know some ex-Hippies here in South Austin who ve been higher than 3500 for years.... [read more]
Charity
Friday, February 19, 1993 | Posted by Jim Hightower
It seems a rich man tried to get into heaven. But, you know, you don t just waltz through those Pearly Gates. No, an angel is standing outside there to review your life.... [read more]
Cement Klins
People in Millard County weren t just upset at Rollins Incorporated the company that wanted to burn the hazardous wastes. They were also upset at three of their four county commissioners plus their city... [read more]