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Article: Rossi, Melissa. What Every American Should Know about Who's Really Running America.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
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- November 1, 2007
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ROSSI, Melissa. What every American should know about who's really running America. Penguin, Plume. 287p. notes. bibliog, index, c2007 978-0-452-28820-1. $16.00. SA
If you are looking for an unbiased addition to a school library, this isn't it. It is a highly opinionated, well-researched expose of political scandals and the influence of lobbyists on everything from school textbooks to nuclear power. While lobbyists for separate industries have exerted power to skew the original intent of our form of government, the most powerful group is the US Chamber of Commerce, according to Rossi. The Chamber now heavily lobbies and supports candidates and goes after two ...
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