Category Archives: Corporate Intrusion

Is corporate power being protected to avoid criminal prosecution? Are political campaign funds coming mostly from large corporations and very rich benefactors? Is the government awarding contracts to those corporations that helped during the campaign without using normal government contracting guidelines? Are most of the lobbyists at the seat of the government funded by the corporations and rich benefactors? Are the ears of government leaders going to the highest bidder? When will the Cabinet be expanded to include the Department of Business? Will the requirements for the Cabinet be expanded to include a masters in Business Administration? How far is too far?

Corporate intrusion is the erosion of representative governance through the massive funding from the ONE% (Citizens United) to elect their preferred representatives, vast numbers of corporate lobbyists to deliver daily corporate demands to their representatives, and predatory privatization of, among other public resources, our public education system.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Why Do The ONE% Keep Getting Richer?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andy Hailey

An updated report on growing income inequality between America’s profit makers and profit takers shows the growth of income for the profit takers – the top ONE%, who are making at least $394,000/year for 2012. The table below shows how … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/joe-stiglitz-people-who-break-rules-have-raked-huge-profits-and-wealth-and-its-sickening-our" target="_blank" title="Joseph Stiglitz's remarks to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on September 8">The People Who Break the Rules Have Raked in Huge Profits and Wealth and It's Sickening Our Politics</a>
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America’s Two Party System – The Good, Bad, and The Really Ugly

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Andy Hailey

First of all, a short summary of The Lucifer Effect. It explains how events like Mi Lai, Abu Ghraib, and The Stanford Prison Experiment turned good people evil. Part of this explanation involves “bad barrels.” A bad barrel is an … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://wp.me/pegMB-1Zi" title="Progressive moral values must be part of protesting and rebuilding " target="_blank">Avoiding The Right-wing Authoritarian Future – The Moral Values Way</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?tag=bad-barrel" title="Making good people evil" target="_blank">More here on bad barrels</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.popularresistance.org/history-teaches-that-we-have-the-power-to-transform-the-nation-heres-how/" title="The ultimate power is with us, if we let go of fear and embrace it." target="_blank">History Teaches That We Have the Power to Transform the Nation, Here's How.</a>
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Corporate ‘Takers’ of America

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Andy Hailey

As states give to and take from national citizenship dues coffers, some get back more than they give, and Red states are the biggest net takers. That leads me to another comparison, but one looking at large multinational corporations, and … Continue reading →

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ALEC Was Inspired by The Powell Memo of 1971 – Corporations Taking Control of Our Government

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Depending on your media sources, you may have seen the news about the 40 year anniversary of ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council. Well, ALEC and other conservative, pro-corporate governance of America, organizations were inspired by a document published 42 … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/authoritarian-plan-to-end-american-democracy-the-powell-memo/" title="The pillaging and disposal of the middle class and all of their social support structure, like Medicare" target="_blank">Authoritarian Plan to End American Democracy – The Powell Memo</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/dirk-van-dongen-strengthening-the-military-corporate-complex-and-enriching-the-one/" title="The Gang of Six is also referred to as the Tax Relief Coalition." target="_blank">Dirk Van Dongen – Strengthening The Military-Corporate Complex and Enriching the ONE%</a>
  • Related Web Site: <a href="http://www.pfaw.org/rww-in-focus/alec-the-voice-of-corporate-special-interests-state-legislatures" title="ALEC is a one-stop shop for corporations looking to identify friendly state legislators and work with them to get special-interest legislation introduced." target="_blank">ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures</a>
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Corporate Servitude IS Replacing Equal Protection and Empowerment by the Government

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Listening to a right-wing caller on the Thom Hartmann show recently, reminded me of a key element from the right-wing authoritarian message machine. They make false claims about government, but the real problem is: massive corporate servitude. From any contract … Continue reading →

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Shelby County v Holder Ruling – Keeping Texas Red

Posted on June 29, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Here’s another message I’ve sent to the Supreme Court: On behalf of the Texas Republican Party, thank you. With our contested voter ID law and formerly illegal district maps being implemented, the Battleground Texas effort will have an even more … Continue reading →

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Corporate Governance Is Stifling Dodd-Frank – No Surprise

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Professor Richard D. Wolff, author and self trained Marxist economist, and journalist Hedrick Smith, author of Who Stole the American Dream, have both detailed how we have gone from the Greatest Generation of WWII to the first generation that will … Continue reading →

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Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is it Fixable?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Andy Hailey

The post 80’s ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last three decades must stop. The decisions of the supply side free market and most of its leaders, … Continue reading →

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Corporate Governance Will Transfer More Wealth If Social Security Is Privatized

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Andy Hailey

(This blog posting comes from portions of Who Stole the American Dream by Hedrick Smith.) The history of the transition from company funded pensions to employee self-directed 401Ks and the limited success of 401Ks shows vividly that the destruction of … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123137714796462913.html" title="After watching her account drop 44% last year ..." target="_blank">Big Slide in 401(k)s Spurs Calls for Change</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14639-corporations-write-our-laws-and-profit-from-human-misery" title="Corporations write our laws and determine how we structure our society. We have all become victims. " target="_blank">Corporations Write Our Laws and Profit From Our Misery</a>, <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/401k-revolution-and-inequality" title="median retirement savings today stand at a paltry $44,000." target="_blank">How America’s 401(k) Revolution Rewarded the Rich and Turned the Rest of Us Into Big Losers</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=7099" title="What we need, instead of privatization, is additional revenue" target="_blank">Corporate Governance of Social Security & Medicare – An Abominable Idea for Senior Welfare</a>
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Corporate Governance Erodes Democracy As Education is Privatized

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Corporate governance destroys democracy by replacing accountability to citizens with accountability to a few major stockholders and boards of directors who want reduced costs and increased profits. This change in accountability means moral values, such as protecting and empowering/educating citizens, … Continue reading →

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