Why so Many Americans Hate Trump’s ‘Tax Reform’
Trump’s ‘tax reform’ will take money from millions of working families and give it to the world’s wealthiest people. Sam Rayburn of Texas, who was a legendary Speaker … Read more
Jim Hightower’s Column
Political commentary column by Jim Hightower. Often serious, but Jim uses his trademark biting satire to make important points.
Let’s Talk Turkey: Have an Earth Dinner!
Let’s talk Turkey – the real thing, the big bird, 46 million of which we Americans will devour on this Thanksgiving Day. Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the … Read more
Donald Trump’s Strange Bromances with Duterte and Putin
The President of the United States says Duterte is his new buddy (as he builds a Trump Tower in Manila) and continues to suck up to Putin. “We’ve … Read more
Why Reward Bad Corporate Behavior with More Tax Breaks?
Trumps tax plan is truly golden: for the super-rich, that is, as they’ll get all the big tax breaks. As anyone who has ever been to any of … Read more
Why Does Amazon Get Corporate Welfare?
Amazon stands today as the most advanced and the most ambitious model of a future under oligarchic control. Jeffrey Preston Bezos is the man of unbounded ambition who … Read more
Trump’s Wars
Shouldn’t we be asking Trump the BIG question: What the hell are our military forces doing in Niger? So, President Trump makes what was to be a condolence … Read more
Are You Ready for Corporate America’s Robot Economy?
Corporate bosses are quietly investing in hordes of sophisticated autonomous robot workers to replace us. With corporations socking away massive profits, and with the labor market fairly tight, … Read more
We Are Luddites
Two centuries after the original Luddites, like it or not, you and I are in the exact same fight. “The robots are coming! The robots are coming! … … Read more
Think Your Job Is Safe from the Robots Invasion?
Robots are taking more than factory jobs now. Industrial automatons (robots) have been on the march for years, devouring the middle-class job opportunities of factory workers. But this … Read more
Do Better Than a Rip-Off Health Care System
Rather than a health care system, our country’s leaders have been keeping us shackled to a “corporate care” system. News flash: Republican congressional leaders keep coming up with … Read more
