Pigs at the Trough

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Summary: Communist?!
Review: I just read "Pigs" on a cross country flight. I thought it was an excellent analysis of how the U.S. government no longer functions as a democracy. It works like a radio station payola scheme. Inbred corporate directors steal money from investors and workers by giving each other outrageous amounts of money despite poor performance. Some politicians try to pass laws against these abuses, but these corporate govenors fund election campaigns making it impossible to change the system. Huffington lays out the issues that need to be addressed in order to correct these problems and gives out information on groups working to fix these issues.
I find the attack of this being a communist book to be [silly]. Huffington shows ways to make us back into a democracy where our vote counts and competition is fair. Corporate welfare is a form of communism if you ask me.
In regard to the cliches. Huffington uses the same wit that you could see on the Daily Show, or Politically Incorrect. This isn't a masterpiece, but it is a very accessible and useable guide to how our government currently works.

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Summary: Dead on Target!
Review: This is a very insightful,imaginative, thought=provoking look at how American society is being corrupted and held captive by selfish and greedy corporate executives and politicians. Huffington aims and hits her target on nearly every page.What adds credibility to this account is that Huffington is very familiar with the types she writes about, being the ex-wife of a multi-millionaire former politician. This is an excellent book, very well-written as well as being vastly entertaining

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Summary: Argh
Review: Well researched and cleverly written. It is engrossing, but is almost difficult to read at times as she exposes the details of extraordinary corporate greed.

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Summary: Yea!
Review: Well researched and cleverly written. It is engrossing, but is almost difficult to read at times as she exposes the details of unbelievable corporate greed.