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Streted By Thom Hartmann Screwed Summary
In the passage from Thom Hartmann’s book, Screwed: the undeclared war against the middle class I can agree and disagree with some of his claims in his thesis. For an example, I disagree with the part of having a middle class and being controlled. I highly believe that America is quickly slipping away from us under the burden of crony capitalism and political system corrupton (GIVE AN EXAMPLE). Unlike Hartmann explained, we do not need a middle class in order to have a democracy.
First, I can agree that our political system is being corrupted by the crony capitalists. Our so called democratic government would rather have more interest in their own greedy wealth than the interest of the citizens of America. Our government officials have real
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