Screwed
The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class - and What We Can Do About It
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Economics & Politics
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- What caused the demise of the middle class
- How conservatives are harming the U.S.
- How to save the middle class and defeat the Conservatives or "Cons."
Why you should read Screwed
Since the early 1980s, American politics have been meshed with the interests of large corporations. The result is a new form of "corporatocracy," which Thom Hartmann links to the woes of the middle class. He believes that the political Conservatives who pushed for privatization and special corporate tax breaks intentionally harmed the American middle class, which he calls the bedrock of democracy. While the U.S. government has helped corporations and wealthy citizens, it has increasingly taxed the public and killed social programs that fostered the middle class. Hartmann focuses on the U.S.' future, which, he says, depends on having a healthy middle class. He adds a historical perspective by quoting America's founders, who predicted the dangers of creeping corporatism, economic elitism and an incipient aristocracy. Although he is very assertive in his attacks on Conservatives and corporations, his approach is refreshing. getAbstract found this impassioned analysis interesting, but – fair warning – you won't like it much if you're a corporate lobbyist or a Bush supporter.
About the Author
Air America radio talk show host Thom Hartmann has written 14 books, and speaks frequently on culture and communications. He is the former director of a treatment facility for abused children and has set up hospitals, relief programs, schools and communities for orphaned or blind children in Africa, Australia, Europe, India, Israel, Russia, South America and the U.S.
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| William B Hassell | December 15, 2011 |
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What this fails to address is the rising costs to manufacture due to unions and government regulations. If you want to see a return of the middle class we have to return jobs to this country and anyone who knows anything about business knows that the best way to do that is to get out of the way. This seems to attack conservatives without honestly accessing the problems that created the problem and is only an attempt to smear a political philosophy. Thumbs down! |
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