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  • Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
  • New York Times bestselling author of 7 books
  • Award-winning radio commentator since 1992
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Inequality in America doesn’t just “happen” – it’s deliberately created by the self-serving actions of corporate powers and political autocrats.You might have noticed, for example that your health care costs keep rocketing into the stratosphere. This has left millions of our families with no medical coverage at all, and most of the rest of us are struggling to pay ever-higher prices to insurance giants for ever-worsening coverage.Fund the commentary bosses fear →Lately, even those whose employers provide health insurance, are being socked by their companies’ top executives – who, by the way, get platinum-level medical coverage paid by the company. [...]

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Jim Hightower has been called America’s most popular progressive. A two-term Texas Agriculture Commissioner, bestselling author, and radio host reaching millions weekly — he’s been fighting for the working stiff since before it was fashionable.

“The only thing in the middle of the road are yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”
—Jim Hightower

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