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War on the middle class, how the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back, Lou Dobbs

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index

index present

non fiction

War on the middle class

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Lou Dobbs

how the government, big business, and special interest groups are waging war on the American dream and how to fight back

The middle class has never been so vulnerable. Its every feature is under assault by politicians and the lobbyists who court them, big-business corporations that are sending their jobs overseas, and a media that relies on sensationalism instead of facts when reporting the news. CNN host and commentator Dobbs looks at every aspect of the decline of the middle class--from a lack of political representation to America's corrupt health-care system--to demonstrate how the gap between America's newest haves and have-nots is no longer merely financial, but instead includes the erosion of education, employment, government, and community. Dobbs proposes a series of measures to resolve each issue and incite people, whose future is being mortgaged to benefit a powerful few, to preserve their rights and dreams.--From publisher description

War on the middle class -- Class warfare -- The best government money can buy -- The politics of deceit -- He says, she says -- The exorbitant cost of free trade -- Exporting America -- Broken borders -- A generation of failure -- Health care: it's enough to make you sick -- The best of intentions -- Taking back America -- The Declaration of Independence -- The Constitution of the United States -- The Bill of Rights -- The Constitution: Amendments 11-27