( Otherwords.org ) – Ralph Waldo Emerson told of a dinner guest who went on and on about the virtue of honesty, offering his own life as a model of perfect rectitude. “The louder he talked of his honor,” said Emerson, “the faster we counted our spoons.” That’s my reaction to the cacophony of phony […]
Biden’s modest corporate tax increases to fund public infrastructure projects are wildly popular — except among CEOs
By Jim Hightower ( Otherwords.org) – “Outrageous,” screeched the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive. The wailing by those who run corporate America is not for the plight of the workaday families who’ve seen their incomes stagnate and even plummet to zero during the pandemic. Rather, this chorus […]
Don’t Let Wall Street Get Rich Speculating on our Water
( Otherwords.org ) – Shameless speculators are trying to privatize and commoditize the water all humans need to live. By Jim Hightower | April 28, 2021 Oh great — here comes a new stealth attack on the fragile, life-sustaining natural resources of Planet Earth. This latest assault by Wall Street alchemists would redefine one of […]
How the Pandemic spelled the end of Trickle-Down Economics: We need Wealth to Percolate up
( Otherwords.org) – The past year proves that a lot of conventional economic wisdom is neither true nor wise. For example: 1) “We don’t have the money.” The power elites tell us it would be nice to do the big-ticket reforms America needs, but the money just isn’t there. Then a pandemic slammed into America, […]
Dismissing ‘Low Quality Voters,’ Republican officials no longer support democracy — and they aren’t bothering to hide it
( Otherwords.org) – Hey, you, get away from those polling places! We don’t want your kind here! Scram! That’s a stupid, shameful, and ultimately self-defeating political message, yet it’s being pushed as the official anti-voter electoral strategy of Republicans. Admitting that they can’t get majorities to vote for their collection of corporate lackeys, conspiracy theorists, […]
A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights
( Otherwords.org ) – In February, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico during the deep freeze that devastated millions of his constituents. But I wasn’t mad that Ted fled. What upset me was that the government let him back into our country. Cruz is, after all, the […]
The Other Capitol Mob: How the Billionaires funded the Insurrection
Much to the embarrassment of major corporations, their political donations were traced to the mayhem of January 6. ( Otherwords.org ) – You can’t poke into any issue in Congress without stumbling over sacks full of corporate campaign donations. The recent eruption of pro-Trump mob violence inside the U.S. Capitol exposed boodles of that special […]
Fearing Rout, Republicans unleash their Inner Racist
( Otherwords.org ) – If you’re a rich Republican who’s done nothing in the House of Representatives for so long that you’re essentially seen as a piece of furniture, what do you do when faced with a popular, well-organized, grassroots opponent who’s about to overtake you? Apparently, you unleash your inner racist. Across the country, […]
Beware Corporate COVID Propaganda
( Otherwords.org ) – CEOs say they’re cutting their own pay in solidarity with laid off or hurting workers — only, not really. By Jim Hightower | September 16, 2020 COVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. But one of the most heartening responses to the crisis […]
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