Ralph Nader: Why Raising the Minimum Wage is a Winning 2012 Election Issue

[Better Believe It]

16. Guess you haven't been following Nader. He's been a populist for almost a half century now.

Here's a few things Nader's been involved in just in case you hadn't noticed.

I know.

It's a very small progressive resume.

Smaller than yours by any chance?

Ralph Nader's Achievements

Some of the books Ralph Nader has written or helped produce:

◦Unsafe at Any Speed
◦Action for a Change(with Donald Ross, Brett English, and Joseph Highland)
◦Whistle-Blowing (with Peter J. Petkas and Kate Blackwell)
◦Corporate Power in America (with Mark Green)
◦You and Your Pension (with Kate Blackwell)
◦The Consumer and Corporate Accountability
◦Corporate Power in America
◦Taming the Giant Corporation (with Mark Green and Joel Seligman)
◦Verdicts on Lawyers
◦The Menace of Atomic Energy (with John Abbotts)
◦The Lemon Book
◦Who's Poisoning America (with Ronald Brownstein and John Richard)
◦The Big Boys (with William Taylor)
◦Winning the Insurance Game (with Wesley Smith and J. Robert Hunter)
◦Canada Firsts
◦The Frugal Shopper (with Wesley Smith)
◦Collision Course (with Wesley Smith)
◦No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and Perversion of Justice in America (with Wesley Smith)
◦The Ralph Nader Reader
◦Cutting Corporate Welfare
◦Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender

Instrumental in the passing of the following legislation:

◦Clean Air Act
◦Clean Water Act
◦Consumer credit disclosure law
◦Consumer Product Safety Act
◦Co-Op Bank Bill
◦Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
◦Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
◦Freedom of Information Act
◦Funeral home cost disclosure law
◦Law establishing Environmental Protection Agency
◦Medical Devices safety
◦Mine Health and Safety Act
◦Mobile home safety
◦National Automobile and Highway Traffic Safety Act
◦National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
◦Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
◦Nuclear power safety
◦Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
◦Pension protection law
◦Safe Water Drinking Act
◦Tire safety & grading disclosure law
◦Whistleblower Protection Act
◦Wholesome Meat Act
◦Wholesome Poultry Product Act