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How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--and How We Take It Back
Crown
May 2006
384 pages
ISBN: 0307237346
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
Do you ever wonder if thereΓ―ΒΏΒ½s a connection between the corruption scandals in the news and the steady decline in the quality of life for millions of Americans? Do you ever wonder what corporations get for the millions of dollars they pour into the American political system? Do you ever think the government has been hijacked by forces hostile to average Americans? Do you ever want to fight back? Millions of Americans lack health care and millions more struggle to afford it. Politicians claim they care, then pass legislation that just sends more cash to the HMOs. Wages have been stagnant for thirty years, even as corporate profits skyrocket. Politicians say they want to fix the problem and then pass bills written by lobbyists that drive wages even lower and punish those crushed by debt. Jobs are being shipped overseas, pensions are being cut, and energy is becoming unaffordable. And our government, more concerned about maintaining its corporate sponsorship than protecting its citizens, does nothing about it. In Hostile Takeover, David Sirota, a major new voice in American politics, seeks to open the eyes of ordinary Americans to the fact that corporate interests have undermined democracy, aided and abetted by their lackeys in our allegedly representative government. At a time when more and more of AmericaΓ―ΒΏΒ½s major political leaders are being indicted or investigated for corruption, Sirota takes readers on a journey that shows how all of this nefarious behavior happened right under our nosesΓ―ΒΏΒ½and how the high-profile scandals are merely one product of a political system and debate wholly owned by Big Money interests. Sirota considers major public issues that feel intractableΓ―ΒΏΒ½like spiraling health care costs, the outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and out-of-control energy pricesΓ―ΒΏΒ½and shows how in each case workable solutions are buried under the lies of lobbyists, the influence of campaign cash, and the ubiquitous spin machine financed by Big Business. With fiery passion, pinpoint wit, and lucid analysis, Hostile Takeover reveals the true enemies of reform and their increasingly sophisticatedΓ―ΒΏΒ½and hostileΓ―ΒΏΒ½tactics. ItΓ―ΒΏΒ½s an essential guidebook for those of us tired of the government selling us outΓ―ΒΏΒ½and determined to take our country back.
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