Remember when we had a government of the people, by the people, and for the people?
Public Citizen:
An update on the corporate takeover of our government:
An oil lobbyist runs the DOI
A coal lobbyist runs the EPA
A pharma exec runs HHS
A Boeing exec runs DOD
A billionaire Amway heiress runs DoED
A private equity kingpin runs Commerce
A Goldman Sachs exec runs Treasury
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Twitter comments:
A Verizon lawyer runs the FCC
Sep 9, 2013 -“You follow this pro-corporate trend to its logical conclusion, and sooner or later you’ll end up with a Supreme Court that functions as a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Business” – Elizabeth Warren
Corporations took over our government a long time ago. Citizens United was the end of government by the people.
Let's not forget the #GOPTaxScam which allows corporations to have a lower tax rate than some middle class private citizens.
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Sadly, I don't think we ever did. Even James Madison only wanted land owners and the rich to vote and have a say in the country's government policies. It's always been the marketing campaign that the owners have advertised though so it sounds good.
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Corporations took over our government a long time ago-Correct. There are many blogs about this and the revolving door of government. I would also like to let you know that by having any type of criticism you are not only anti-business you are also UN-AMERICAN.
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