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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 there�s 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 America�s 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 noses�and 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
intractable�like spiraling health care costs, the
outsourcing of jobs, the inequities of the tax code, and
out-of-control energy prices�and 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 sophisticated�and hostile�tactics. It�s
an essential guidebook for those of us tired of the
government selling us out�and determined to take our country
back.
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