Billionaires Say America’s Founding Value of Egalitarianism Is Not For Them
Growing up, I received a wealth of working-class values from my parents, including this nugget about egalitarianism: “Nobody is better than...
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Billionaires Playing Cowboys… At Our Expense
Let’s all gather ‘round the campfire, Buckaroos and let Ol’ Cactus Jim here tell you about some of today’s hardy, hard-working cowboys. Yes,...
Who’s Behind The GOP’s Assault on Homeless People?
Memo from corporate headquarters to staff: “Notice – the beatings will continue until employee morale improves.” That corporate joke would a...
I Don’t Hate Poor People. Do You? So Why Are America’s Poverty Policies So Hateful?
Here’s a reality that the Powers That Be keep trying to put out of sight and out of mind: Poverty. Yes, right here in our own fabulously-ric...
Not All Problems Are Global or National: Think Local
Public leadership doesn’t mean that the “leader” has to have all the solutions, but instead must be open to others with problem-solving idea...
Why is Trump Economically Clueless? Meet Scott Bessent.
Wow, here’s some blockbuster economic news from Team Trump : The income gap between the rich and the rest of us is over ! How do we know thi...
Big Tech Is the New Feudalism: How to Fight Back
“If you find that you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is quit digging.” That old country saying has a newly-urgent r...
Moneyed Powers Are Forcing Art and Artisans Out of Our Towns
The great thing about “art towns” is, of course, the artists who live there and their art. So why are so many art town officials deliberatel...
Voters Rebel Against Effort by Missouri GOP to Kill Voter Rights
It’s no secret that voters are increasingly disgusted by today’s extremist, right-wing Republican lawmakers. But less known is the fact that...
Corporate CEOs Demand Big Bucks – Plus Nickels and Dimes
Until recently, corporate executives were eager to demonstrate how “green” they were. But then came Trump, trashing the very idea of a green...
The Data Center Revolt Is a Populist Rebellion Against Corporate Rule
Not that it matters, but sometimes I wonder if the billionaire potentates of artificial intelligence ever wonder why they’ve become so despi...
Friday Signpost: Hightower's Radical "Socialism" in 1980s Texas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimhightower.substack.com In 1982, the Dallas Morning News editorial page had...
Why Trust High-Tech Billionaires to Save Humanity?
Here’s an interesting fact: Dinosaurs dominated Earth for 165 million years – and they assumed they always would. Which brings us to… well,...
AI Billionaires Say: Get Out of Our Way, Fools!
Does becoming a billionaire turn one into an insufferable jerk, or is that an innate quality they bring to the position? Big-name billionair...
Ignorance + Arrogance + Power = Lunacy
Some presidents are known as uplifting orators; our present president is known for petulant putdowns. Periodically, Trump discovers a new pe...
Corporate Stupidity Sidetracked by Mad-as-Hell Farm Rebels
Executives climbing the corporate ladder to the top seem to lose IQ the higher up they get. That might explain why John Deere ’s top corpora...
Let’s Increase Social Security, Not Cut It!
Here they come again: Billionaires, wailing that Congress must – MUST! – act immediately to slash the monthly Social Security checks that mi...
Beware of Billionaires
What a show, huh? Big-name corporations went all out this July 4th with a patriotic ad blitz professing their devotion to America’s democrac...
Friday Signpost: "Most politicians want to hold office. That's the problem."
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit jimhightower.substack.com Greetings, Lowdowners! When I was down visiting with...
Shouldn’t Nature Have A Legal Right To Exist?
America’s legal system proclaims that even lifeless man-made, paper entities called “corporations” are endowed with the human rights of life...