Money and Politics - Hightower

Jim Hightower The golden rule of politics - to discover who rules - is to follow the money. The political system is awash in torrents of the green stuff. The spigot is on all the time. The fat cats and big corporations are equal opportunity givers. They give to both major parties. A grassroots movement to institute campaign finance reform is spreading across the country. This enormously funny and insightful program was recorded at a meeting of a coalition of citizens groups demanding campaign finance reform. (audio cassette - 60 minutes - 1996) Populist Jim Hightower has long been active in Texas politics. He is a witty - no-holds-barred commentator and the host of the Austin-based - nationally syndicated Chat 'N Chew radio show. He has little patience for what he calls Republicrats or Demopublicans. Neither liberal nor conservative - he roots himself in the populist tradition - and he loves to use humor as a political weapon. He is the author of There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead Armadillos and If the Gods Had Meant Us to Vote - They Would Have Given Us Candidates.