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Why, in the world's most affluent nation, are so many corporations squeezing their employees dry? In this fresh, carefully researched book,
New York Times reporter Steven Greenhouse explores the economic, political, and social trends that are transforming America's workplaces, including the decline of the social contract that created the world's largest middle class and guaranteed job security and good pensions. We meet all kinds of workersâ€"white-collar and blue-collar, high-tech and low-tech, middle-class and low-incomeâ€"as we see shocking examples of injustice, including employees who are locked in during a hurricane or fired after suffering debilitating, on-the-job injuries.
With pragmatic reco! mmendations on what government, business and labor should do to alleviate the economic crunch,
The Big Squeeze is a balanced, consistently revealing look at a major American crisis.Sophomore Dudley, whose parents move three times a year, falls madly in love with the leading lady in the school production of "The Fantasticks," but she doesn't seem to know he's alive.Your mother has a weekly doctor's appointment and depends on you to get her there. Your spouse, dissatisfied at work, brings all his troubles home. Your boss has given you a job to do and wants it done now. Your children want dinner, want a ride, want help with their homework. Welcome to THE BIG SQUEEZE....
Today two-income families are the norm, childbearing is often postponed into the thirties and forties, longevity is on the increase. The family circle can sometimes seem like a trap. You are in the middle, and the physical, emotional, and financial stresses can be overwhelming. Now, here's a co! mpassionate, commonsense approach to avoiding the Big Squeeze.! Offerin g practical solutions to specific crises, this unique and remarkably simple 8-STEP PROGRAM can help you:
Set your priorities and reduce your pressures
Balance your family's needs with your own
Communicate openly and delegate responsibilities among family members
Discover all the community resources that you and your family have
And much more!
"A PRACTICAL AND SENSITIVE GAME PLAN...Written in layman's language, without intimidating or wearisome professional jargon."
--West Hartford News
Your right to pursue happiness has been revoked by Big Government.
Thousands of pages of regulations, millions of employees, and trillions of tax dollars . . . Big Government is bigger than ever, and as this bloated behemoth continues to fatten up and stretch out, it squeezes America's entrepreneurs, workers, and families - cutting our choices, limiting our opportunities, and squelching our right to pursue happiness.
Every year,! taxes increase, regulations pile higher, the cost of living goes up - and our quality of life suffers. So with everyone obsessing about the obesity problem in America, isn't it time we looked at the fat, flabby, overstretched, and overbloated behemoth that is American government?
Size Matters shows through facts, figures, and head-spinning stories that as government increases in quantity, we all suffer a loss in life quality. Miller reveals the damning details of Big Government's impact on the lives of ordinary Americans. How it . . .
- reduces family income
- drives up the cost of housing, healthcare, and most every other consumer product or service
- hurts employment
- misdirects entrepreneurial efforts
- stifles vital marketplace creativity and innovation
Bristling with drama and data, Size Matters reveals the real daily drawbacks of Big Government. It co! mes down to this . . .
Big Government = Hug! e Proble m. Size really does matter.
"Miller explains how government overregulation and porkbarrelling are costing Americans money and freedom while politicians and special interests line their pockets. This book should be a political call to arms."
-Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.com; author of An Army of Davids
"Great sport! Imagine Thomas Frank if he actually told the truth. Accessible, entertaining, informative, and relevant in the best sense of the word. Read this book and you'll never lose an argument to a liberal again."
-Jack Cashill, author of Hoodwinked and Sucker Punch
"Miller will make you excited about the potential of America-and spitting mad that Big Government keeps tripping us up."
-Star Parker, author of Uncle Sam's Plantation
"Who knew that reading about rapacious government grow! th could be so delectable?"
-Nick Gillespie, editor-in-chief, Reason
is a Western spoof about two women, Maria Alvarez (Penelope Cruz) and Sara Sandoval (Salma Hayek), who seek! to avenge the tragedies befallen both their fathers under robber baron, Tyler Jackson (Dwight Yoakam). Jackson, employed by the Bank of New York, is sent to Mexico to buy land and open banks to the detriment of local culture. Jackson kills Sara's corrupt father, Don Diego, while bandits burn down Maria's home. The two ladies band together for the community's cause. Under the tutelage of Bill Buck (Sam Sheperd), Sara and Maria develop bank robbery skills. When criminologist, Quentin Cooke (Steve Zahn), hunts them, they convert him with their strong moral sense and good looks. Like any Thelma and Louise-ish tale of women who take charge, Maria and Sara are foil characters who eventually become an invincible, sisterly team. This comedy is built around their bickering. For Sara, with European education and penchant of designer clothing, Maria is a hick who lacks refinement, yet Maria, horse whisperer, can fire a gun. The slapstick is overkill, for example when Sara wond! ers whether a bandana is Gucci or Prada. However, viewers will! love Pe nelope Cruz on horseback and the two actresses practice-kissing their foe in a brothel. Bandidas is a light film with some laughs and mucho sex appeal. -- Trinie Dalton
