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Populist author and activist Jim Hightower argues in favor of public financing for election campaigns.
----- Jim Hightower talks about Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow. America's most irascible curmudgeon turns a benevolent eye toward the hardworking souls who have found ways to break free from corporate tentacles and redefine success in business, politics, and life in general.
Hightower is a national radio commentator and the author of Thieves in High Places - Book Passage Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator and the author of Thieves in High Places. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations, on the web, on Armed Forces Radio, and on Radio for Peace International.
Who was it who said on a quote on Bill Moyer's site:
"Politics are run religion and big money. Then when you get elected you fall under the influence of really big money." No wonder big business is in charge while Unions have been broken.