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Dylan Ratigan, once de cribed a a budding Howard Beale, i mad a hell and he not going to take it anymore. Infuriated by government corruption and corporate communi m, incen ed by bank ter haking down taxpayer , and de pairing of our healthcare y tem, our dependency on foreign oil, and our failing educational y tem, he ee an America that i botched almo t beyond repair. In thi book, hi fir t, he rip the lid off of our deeply crooked y tem and offer a way out.The American public know that the game i rigged. Were the pat ie at the poker table, and were being taken for everything we have. The tat back it up: Unemployment ha exploded to near 25-year high , now approaching 10 , even a the Great Rece ion ha uppo edly ended. Fifteen million homeowner are now underwater in their mortgage , owing more than their home are worth. The riche t 1 of the nation now take home 24 of the wealth, up from 9 in 1976. A a re ult, a Nick Kri tof wrote recently, we live in a ociety with a more unequal di tribution of wealth than in traditional banana republic like Nicaragua, Venezuela and Guyana.Dylan Ratigan under tand the rot at America core, and he not afraid to call it for what it i . A de perate country, now more than ever, need more than ju t endle tock tip and Wall Street navel-gazing. It need pa ionate debate and mart policy, a brazen willingne to crap what doe nt work, and the entrepreneurial pirit to try what doe . It need heroe to take on the e tabli hment, and fight for what left of the American ideal. Ratigan i thi movement mouthpiece, and thi book i a compilation of bra h and fre h olution for building a new and better America.Truth to Power&nb p;detail Ratigan per onal mi ion, and what hould be the mi ion of every American: To defend democracy and take the country back from the five vampire that are ucking thi nation dry: An educational y tem that value mediocrity above all el e. A healthcare y tem that i among the pricie t and lea t-effective infra tructure in the indu trialized world. A political y tem in which lobbyi t write legi lation, lawmaker place ecret hold to wring more pork for&nb p;the di trict , and the ugly nece ity of fundrai ing drive the whole proce . A ma ter lave relation hip with our Chine e banker , making our corporation and politician complicit in a y tem that rig our currency, hift job abroad, and leave u with permanent joble ne and ma ive trade deficit . An addiction to foreign oil that ha apped u of our willingne to innovate, made u reliant on inefficient technologie , and left u upportive of corrupt government .
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