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.

 

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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The Danger of American Fascism – Then and Now

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Andy Hailey

Back in August 2006, I wrote a post called, “Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?” I think we are much closer to knowing our answer now and President Obama’s progressive inauguration speech provided a glimpse of the beginning of the end of this corporate threat to America. Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/seven-brides-seven-corporations-1359473961" title="The extreme's of corporate governance." target="_blank">Seven Brides for Seven Corporations</a>
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Neoliberalism Threatens Our Democracy By Replacing Our Social State with a Punishing State

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Andy Hailey

In an interview of Henry Giroux about the War on youth in America, Canada and Great Britain, there is a great summary of neoliberalism, its destructive power, and its reliance on an unfettered free market. Your works speak about an … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/" title="The rate of people killed by guns in the US is 19.5 times higher than similar high-income countries in the world." target="_blank">A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine</a>
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Dirk Van Dongen – Strengthening The Military-Corporate Complex and Enriching the ONE%

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Andy Hailey

In an address to the nation on January 17, 1961, in the middle of nurturing the greatest middle class this world has ever seen, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/how-extreme-business-roundtable-check-out-its-attack-elderly-1358433148" title="Check out its attack on the elderly" target="_blank">How extreme is the Business Roundtable?</a>, <a href="http://nationbuilders.thenation.com/profiles/blogs/why-congress-With a full court press by the Gang of Six reinforcing the White House push, the Bush bill, offering $1.35 trillion in tax cuts over a decade, passed the House by 240-154 in May 200>Why Congress Often Ignores Public Opinion</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/surprising-studies-find-dc-does-what-wealthiest-want-majority-opposes-1364478013" title="Politicians act almost exclusively in the interests of the wealthy and many of them believe that the public is behind them" target="_blank">Surprising Studies Find D.C. Does What Wealthiest Want, Majority Opposes</a>
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Why Are Some Americans More Concerned About Consuming Than Preserving Their Democracy?

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Andy Hailey

The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, titled “Why Don’t Americans Care About Democracy at Home?” The basic answer is “economic Darwinism,” which “promotes a politics of cruelty,” “undermines all forms of solidarity capable of challenging … Continue reading →

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Randy Weber Exposed – You Are Known by the Company You Keep

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Randy Weber is a member of ALEC and the Koch brothers are supporting ALEC. This says a lot about Randy Weber. ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, with the help of many corporations, has written hundreds of model legislative bills … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/15044.htm" title="Read about ALEC’s hand in protecting oil companies, chemical manufacturers and Wall Street banks" target="_blank">Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America</a>, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/tag/alec/" title="Specific news items on ALEC" target="_blank">Think Progress stories on ALEC</a>
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