Ralph Nader’s Novel: ‘Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!’
EmailABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate and four-time presidential candidate, has tried his hand at fiction, with a sprawling novel that's based on an intriguing premise: What if the fabulously wealthy tried to save the world?
The book imagines a 2005 meeting of some of the world's richest and most influential people — think Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Bill Cosby and some super-well-heeled friends — who found their own political party.
Their movement slays the corporate beast Nader has spent the last few decades trying to beat.
"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" is fantasy — but with Nader's distinct persona and politics.
"Never in America have there been more super-rich people with relatively enlightened views," Nader tells the AP's Hillel Italie.
Nader will be our guest on ABCNews.com's "Top Line" today, live at noon ET at ABCNews.com, and available on the ABCNews.com site, iTunes, and YouTube any time thereafter. Offer up questions for Nader via Twitter @thenote.
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Now that IS a fantasy!
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | September 21, 2009, 11:58 am 11:58 am
The top 5% of wage earnings in this country pay about 60% of all personal taxes collected. The bottom 50% are shouldering about 3% of the total burden. Aren’t the “rich” saving this country already?
Posted by: s | September 21, 2009, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
s:
I’d love to see where you get your statistics. Even if true, tax burdens don’t tell nearly the entire story.
Posted by: Jem | September 21, 2009, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm
it is really exellent that that ralph nader is looking toword 2012 this new book of his only the super rich can save us and his new book tour is a great opportunity for him to get his pltform out of lower taxes and less spending for the american people her has another book coming out called direct democracy which will address his principles furthur we need better jobs
Posted by: tom chastain | October 24, 2009, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm