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Bezig met laden... Thieves in High Places: They've Stolen Our Country--And It's Time to Take It Backdoor Jim Hightower
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Ever since the deregulation of banks and utilities began in the 70-80's, the rich are getting richer. We need to come up with an election system that doesn't make candidates depend on corporate money; which is what sways the legislators and makes them obligated to them. Politicians have a hard enough time with issues, they don't need to work on 'buying votes'. We need to reform campaign financing. Jim Hightower is a true "prairie populist", a more idealistic and slightly more uneven version of Molly Ivins - and, as it turns out, they are longtime friends. This is an often revealing and surprising look at how polititicians and giant corporations (or at least their CEO's) have conspired to deprive us of our rights, choices and money, usually without our knowledge or consent. The first part of the book does a masterful job of describing the problems. Hightower, to his credit, does offer some grassroot solutions, but these often seem naive. Hightower is a little rougher and more uneven than Ivins, but they are plainly political soulmates. There is on page 139 a marvelous essay by a 12-year-old student for her school assignment, "What the American Flag Stands For", which led her teacher to call her unpatriotic. Actually, the essay is almost too good to be true, and I wonder if she really wrote it. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Jim Hightower takes on the Kleptocrats, Wobblycrats and Bushites with hilarious results. Digging up behind-the-scenes dirt on stories the corporate news media overlook, Hightower reveals the truth behind BushCo's Friday Night Massacres', what's happened to our food, and the Bush plan for empire. With grassroots solutions, Hightower taps into the activist network that is thriving behind closed doors. This is the real America that the rest of the world doesn't get to see, delivered with Hightower's own hilarious brand of wit and outrage.' Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)973.931History and Geography North America United States 1901- Bush Administration And Beyond George W. BushLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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