War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging...

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	War on the Middle Class: How the Government, Big Business, and Special Interest Groups Are Waging War on the ... Lou Dobbs Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Prominent CNN host and commentator Lou Dobbs unleashes his manifesto on the vanishing American class="textlinks">dream.

Abridged CDs - 5 CDs, 6 hours

Should Be A Mandatory "American Reader"

In brief, Lou provides yet another "eye-opening" series of essays in extended support of his ealier, "Independence Day" and "Exporting America". Surely recommended reading for ALL free-thinking Americans, and IMHO, should be Required Reading for ANY American weilding his 'right to vote'..... The Lou Dobbs Hour on CNN certainly provides daily 'class="textlinks">back-up' to these three very well thought-out and researched editions.

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The cynic's thoughts are confirmed

If you're a cynic about where we class="textlinks">are in America, this book is up your alley. As I am certainly a cynic and a card-carrying member of the ever-squeezed middle class, this book hit home for me, confirming what I've believed while supplying facts that show that no matter how much our politicians and many in the media want to paint people like me as "negative", we really are in a bad state right now and our government has a lot to do with it.

If you're not a cynic, and like our political leaders, CEOs and many in the media believe that things are just fine and dandy, this book will hopefully be a wake-up call - but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

At the heart of it all is the reality that our government is bought and paid for by big business. He mentions that some consider lobbyists the fourth branch of government, and as you read the book, you get the feeling that's not just an inside joke. This is why we have things like rampant outsourcing, a bankruptcy law whose rationale has no basis whatsoever in reality and serves only to line the pockets of the banks who have paid for campaigns left and right, corporations paying little to no taxes during times of prosperity and getting away with it, CEOs making millions while their companies lose even more money and lay off workers, and illegal immigration remaining unchecked as it provides a source of very cheap labor to big companies so that CEOs can further line their pockets. All of this is an attack on the vast majority of Americans, who certainly haven't shared in the prosperity of the post-dot-com bust.

The loser in all of this? Your average American, about 80 percent of the population. Dobbs shows how the government we have now is not on of the people, by the people or for the people, but rather, "the best government money can buy" as it is bought and paid for by corporations who practically make the laws nowadays. It is no accident that many Americans consider the government to be out of touch with citizens; this book demonstrates how it got there. And reading it, one also comes to understand that our present-day problems in the economy - things like constantly rising home foreclosures, a record federal budget deficit, fast-rising health care costs that are bankrupting families with anything more than a minor illness or injury, and middle-class Americans being squeezed left and right - are no accident.

The real kicker comes near the end. In the book at the end is a copy of the text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and its Amendments. He says we all should read them, and I did after finishing the book. As I read the Declaration of Independence, I couldn't help but echo what he said earlier about how the principles in America right now don't resemble this at all.

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Someting for the middle class!

All I can say is READ IT, or better yet, I bought the book on CD and listened to Lou Dobbs read it.

A MUST READ!

Respectfully as Always, Dennis Lloyd

Very relevant to today's problems

Lou Dobbs is straight on in his assessment of today's financial problems and class="textlinks">how they are rooted in Washington.

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