Five Facts That Put America to Shame: Information Clearing House

Five Facts That Put America to Shame: Information Clearing House

Five Facts That Put America to Shame

By Paul Buchheit

May 14, 2012 "Information Clearing House" -- "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These words, from poet Emma Lazarus, were inscribed on the Statue of Liberty over 100 years ago. Today the golden door has a lock on it, paid for with record profits from the health care, education, and financial industries.