Jim Hightower

National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and author of the book, "Swim Against The Current: Even A Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow," Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be - consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks. Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower is a modern-day Johnny Appleseed, spreading the message of progressive populism all across the American grassroots. He broadcasts daily radio commentaries that are carried in more than 150 commercial and public stations and on the web.

Doing the Tax Dodge Tap Dance

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

Doing the tax dodge tap dance is complicated, requiring sophisticated techniques and tricky maneuvers. Sen. Russell Long, the powerful Senate Finance Committee chair from 1966 to 1981 from … Read more

‘Tax the Rich’ Is No Longer Just a Political Slogan

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

We the People can choose a path that bends toward justice: 6 in 10 Americans favor Sen. Warren’s plan to tax the rich. There’s nothing inevitable about inequality. … Read more

What’s Scaring the Bejeezus out of Billionaires in the 2020 Campaign?

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Jim Hightower, Humor Times

There’s a new political army on the march in America, moving forcibly into the 2020 campaign. There’s a new political army on the march in America, moving forcibly … Read more

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