Jim Hightower
Jim Hightower
James Allen "Jim" Hightoweris an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author who served from 1983 to 1991 as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth11 January 1943
CountryUnited States of America
school ideas people
We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high school love.
winning elephants race
It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
bankers pay crime
Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.
party giving tvs
The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.
dinner six-packs seven
Reagan promised everyone a seven-course dinner. Ours turned out to be a possum and a six-pack.
lying
You have to learn to read between the lies.
political armadillos bottom
Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.
ideas program hee-haw
Ronald Reagan's idea of a good farm program was Hee Haw.
believe recovery agriculture
It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'
thinking rich u-haul
Some of these rich folks seem to think that everything belongs to them and they'll even get to take it with them when they die. But you know what? You don't ever see a hearse pulling a U Haul.
real party government
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.
water creeks clear
The water won't clear up until we get the hogs out of the creek.
father people legacy
Founders v. Bush brings the wisdom and eloquence of the Founding Fathers back to the people, while unmasking the fraudulent PR machine that is corrupting their words and stealing our legacy.
yellow political lines
The middle of the road is for yellow lines and dead armadillos.