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.

 

How Wealthy are the Forbes 400 – Let’s Try Some “Arithmetic” …

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Robert Reich made the following statement last June, ” … the richest 400 Americans {own} as much as the bottom 150 million put together.” Let me try to put this in perspective with a little “arithmetic.” Imagine 400 small towns … Continue reading →

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More Research Invalidates Extreme Right-wing Principle – Solely “Self-made”

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Andy Hailey

The extreme right-wing, strict father, authoritarian family model, which is represented in many ways by the Romney/Ryan twosome, includes the principle of the self-made individual – each person is totally responsible for their success. This is what George Lakoff calls … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=1846" title="The empowerment infrastructure [of our society through its government], provided by taxes, is usually taken for granted, hidden, or ignored." target="_blank">Causation – Paying Taxes Contributes to Everyone’s Success</a>
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2012 Election – Are We Going to Return to a National Legalized Gozzle-up Ponzi Scheme?

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Andy Hailey

(The following is a reposting of an entry from August of 2010 with minor updates.) This posting was inspired by an article at Rational Revolution. It takes another look at the disproportionate shift in income to the mega and ultra … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/17/856711/ten-inequality-charts-occupy/" title="Romney, Ryan and the Devil's Budget: Will America Keep Its Soul?" target="_blank">Occupy Wall Street One Year Later: Ten Key Charts About Inequality</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/11872-henry-a-giroux-why-dont-americans-care-about-democracy-at-home" title="The richest 400 Americans owning as much as the bottom 150 million put together" target="_blank">Why Don't Americans Care About Democracy at Home?</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.offthechartsblog.org/understanding-the-federal-tax-debate/" title="A compilation of key CBPP analyses, blog posts, and graphics that provide context for the debate around federal taxes" target="_blank">Understanding the Federal Tax Debate</a>
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What’s It Gonna Be: Representative Governance or Corporate Governance?

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Part of President Obama’s 2012 nomination acceptance speech made reference to the different visions and choices for our future. “And on every issue, the choice you face won’t just be between two candidates or two parties. It will be a … Continue reading →

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Destroying America’s Soul – The Devil’s Budget

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Andy Hailey

In his latest article, George Lakoff discusses how The Devils Budget proposed by the opponents to President Obama will eventually destroy the soul of our democracy by defunding all of its Public infrastructure: public protection, public empowerment, public education, public … Continue reading →

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Authoritarian Plan for a Koch Brothers’ America – Update to The Powell Plan

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Just over a year ago, I wrote a post about The Powell Memo. This memo has been referred to by others like Henry Giroux and Richard Wolff. This memo, by Lewis F. Powell and dated August 23, 1971, was a … Continue reading →

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The “Bad Barrel” for All U.S. Presidents – Some Try to Resist, Authoritarians Enhance It

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Andy Hailey

What changed many of the promises of candidate Obama into either inaction or the adverse actions of President Obama? Here’s how I put it to the President recently. RE: The Obamas by Jodi Kantor Mr. President, While listening to an … Continue reading →

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We Need More Citizenship Dues, a Reversal of Citizens United, and Democracy in the Workplace

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Real wage growth, related to worker productivity gains, have been diverted to corporations, their boards of directors, and the rest of the ONE%, via stock dividends, for over three decades. Just look at what happened:         Not … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnRWTzvHlzk&feature=related" target="_blank" title="This is a must-see lecture about the realities of socio-economics as pertains to the American dynamic.">Capitalism Hits the Fan</a>
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Belief in Self-regulating Free Enterprise Based on Another Authoritarian Myth

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Andy Hailey

The 99% are suffering from the Great Recession and it will be years before we recover. At least one conservative economist is willing to admit the free enterprise system is flawed. Alan Greenspan admitted this failure while testifying to the … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Video: <a href="http://www.chaoticripple.com/2011/where-rational-choice-theory-comes-from/" target="_blank" title="In this video, I share the historic origins of rational choice theory">Where Rational Choice Theory Comes From</a>
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Occupy America – We’re Not Taking It Anymore!

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Andy Hailey

The top ONE% have had their way for three decades. They created the Great Recession and still got richer. They’ve received excessive tax breaks for 30 years and thus have not been repaying what they have taken from the rest … Continue reading →

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