FIVE DAYS TO ELECTION
“He has since written four other books, some on the shambles that is the American legal system. He’s became the go-to lawyer for Chicagoans who’ve lost their jobs through discrimination or who’ve been denied the pay they’ve earned. And now, he’s the congressional candidate who supports single-payer health care, expanding Social Security to compensate for the decimation of private pensions, and government investment to rebuild our offshored manufacturing sector.”
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“Another time, he wondered “why, in the party of William Jennings Bryan, is there no one demanding an interest cap on our Visa cards and our MasterCards,” also noting that in Chicago, “payday lenders charge more than the Mob wants for juice loans.” In the collected works of Tom Geoghegan, the value of social and economic ideas and practices is set by the way they play out on the streets.”
“…while the nation is going through its first real systemic economic crisis since the Depression, a guy who can knowledgeably compare public works programs clear back to the Jefferson administration and who can sniff out a bankers’ relief program a mile away seems to me exactly what Congress needs.”
