OpenSecrets | Supreme Court Poised to Overhaul Parts of Campaign Finance System - Capital Eye

Can it be true that these justices deem corporations as worthy of election influence as PEOPLE? Oh, please! If their expert advice is needed on an issue they can be heard by Congress AFTER the election.

OpenSecrets | Supreme Court Poised to Overhaul Parts of Campaign Finance System - Capital Eye

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Economic Royalists

The American government -- which we once called our government -- has been taken over by Wall Street, the mega-corporations and the super-rich. They are the ones who decide our fate. It is this group of powerful elites, the people President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "economic royalists," who choose our elected officials -- indeed, our very form of government. Both Democrats and Republicans dance to the tune of their corporate masters. In America, corporations do not control the government. In America, corporations are the government. Larry Flynt.

Larry has a clear view of our current politics.

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Astroturf built on Corporate, Political Parties, and Industry Trade Association Funding

Astroturf describes fake grassroots groups that are created and funded by corporations, political parties or industry trade associations to advance a political agenda.

Astroturf groups fighting media reform manufacture the impression of public opposition to issues like Net
Neutrality to sway policy makers and the media. What these groups won't tell you is that they're bought and paid for by the phone and cable industry. FreePress.net

Who Owns Water?

The latest fight between activists and companies such as Coke and Nestle is about who really owns water -- corporations or communities. Peter Asmus, Alternet.


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