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. [
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]
Ex - Members of Congress Who Lobby
Jim Hightower noting that there are about 7000 registered lobbyists in our nation's capitol, but there's about a hundred of them who are an elite breed of influence peddlers: Ex-members of Congress.
Being defeated doesn't mean a member of Congress is... [read more]
Rich Executives : IBM and Boeing
Jim Hightower checking out two articles that ran side-by-side here in [rustle] The Wall Street Journal. They're about salaries of Louis Gerstner of IBM and Frank Shrontz of Boeing.
Start with Gerstner. [Rustle] He was telling... [read more]