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February's Lowdown

How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform

Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.


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Welcome to the Hightower Lowdown archive! Here's where you'll find every issue by date; you can also search for what you're looking for. Note that our six most recent issues are available to subscribers only, but everything else is open to everyone!

2008

  • December: The many REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL after Election Day 2008
  • November: The fivemost wanted men from Wall Street and Washington
  • October: Political outsiders are the only change we can count on
  • September: Why the McCain drill-more-oil campaign is pure flim flam
  • August: Heartless Phil and "honorable lobbyists" would run McCain's White House
  • July: If Obama wins, who will be on his team--and who should be?
  • June: Who are the big-money givers behind the candidates?
  • May: What 8 years of BushCheney have done to the world
  • April: What 8 years of BushCheney have down to our economy
  • March: Checks for $600 won't fix our economy --let's have a real stimulus package
  • February: Swim against the current folks! (Even a dead fish can go with the flow)
  • January: Immigrants come here because globalization took their jobs back there
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