“Populism is at its essence just determined focus on helping people be able to get out of the iron grip of the corporate power that is overwhelming our economy, our environment, energy, the media, government. One big difference between real populism and what the Tea Party thing is, is that real populists understand that government has become a subsidiary of corporations. So you can't say, let's get rid of government. You need to be saying let's take over government.” PeopleNeedsRealHelpingBigsGovernmentAbleEnergyDifferencesPartyEconomyEnvironmentFocusMediaEssenceDeterminedTeaCorporateCorporationsIronOverwhelmingHelping PeopleOur EnvironmentTea PartyPopulistPopulism Author:Jim Hightower
“Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.” PeopleCountryBigsGovernmentEconomyEnvironmentMediaStyleIncludingOur CountryCorporationsIronRebellionPopulismBig Corporations Author:Jim Hightower
“The media isn't only asleep; it doesn't want to know this news, that the people are revolting, in the very best sense of the term, revolting against the thieves in high places and reaching out to each other, which is our great strength.” PeopleKnowsWantTermMediaNewsReachingReach OutThievesHigh Places Author:Jim Hightower
“The real bias of the media is not to the left or to the right, but to the thin strata of economic elites at the top of our society.” RealLeftEnvironmentEconomicMediaOur SocietyElitesBias Author:Jim Hightower
