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.

 

World View of Ferguson, McConnell Kisses Up to ONE%, FBI & Charter Schools, ONE% Con Job, Poor 9%, Kochs In Charge

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Suggested Reading for Week Ending 8/31 Everyone From Tibetan Monks To Iran’s Supreme Leader Is watching Ferguson. Here’s How They’re Reacting Why would someone in Gaza care about protesters in Ferguson? One argument is that the resurgence of popular uprisings … Continue reading →

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Excessive Corporate Intrusion Is a Major Factor in Maximizing Inequality

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Andy Hailey

When FDR and LBJ passed laws which maximized equality by providing protections such as Social Security, the right to unionize, and medicare, corporations only saw added costs for doing business. While America helped rebuild the world after WWII, these costs … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/05/everything-you-need-to-know-about-millennials-political-views/371053/" title="Their results give us an especially illuminating window into the strategies that progressive Democratic organizations and candidates may use this fall to win support from this important electoral bloc." target="_blank">How to Win Millennials: Equality, Climate Change, and Gay Marriage</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23804-oligarchy-as-american-as-poisoned-apple-pie" title="What the Constitution is to States, TPP is to Nations" target="_blank">Oligarchy: As American as Poisoned Apple Pie</a>
  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/tag/powell-memo/" title="Koch Brothers, ALEC, ..." target="_blank">All posts on The Powell Memo</a>
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Neoliberal, Free Market Fundamentalist, Ideology of The 1971 Powell Memo Reflected in Koch Brother’s 1980 Manifesto

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Decades later, Lewis Powell codified Vice President Wallace’s “method” in The Powell Memo of 1971. The result was a proliferation of conservative think tanks like the Cato institute, thousands of talking heads all over commercial media, Fox News, hate radio, … Continue reading →

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Right-wing Authoritarian Neoliberal Ideology Has Prevented Universal Health Care for Americans

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Economic neoliberalism, or free market fundamentalism, has been at work for decades in America transferring more and more wealth from the masses to the ONE%. Privatization of all that is public (SS, Medicare, pensions, etc.), or putting it on the … Continue reading →

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Maximizing Profit Morfs The Fourth Estate Into Stooge for Hire.

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Andy Hailey

For some time, I have been promoting the use of profit-free media for news. There is a long list of such sources in the sidebar of this blog which I update frequently. As I experienced recently, Twitter was the major … Continue reading →

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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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