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By Robert Reich

Imagine that the richest people in this country use some of their vast wealth to routinely bribe politicians.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31003.htm



Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History And Why Taxpayers Shouldn t Stand for It Any More

By Bill McKibben

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31006.htm



''Too big to fail'' banks even bigger now

According to Bloomberg, the five banks that held assets equal to 43% of the US economy in 2007 before the financial crisis and the bank bailout now control assets that equal 56% of the US economy.

http://bit.ly/IREFOI



America Is A Seething Cesspool Of Filth And Corruption

Do you believe that America is a seething cesspool of filth and corruption? If not, you might change your mind after reading this article.

http://bit.ly/HMdMuH


From Information Clearing House

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The Best Congress the Banks Can Buy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/06

Scott Walker Is Dismantling Women s Rights
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/22-1

There Is a Plague Loose Upon the Land
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/05/04-1

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Meet the ALEC Staffers Who Help Corporations Write Our Laws

Zaid Jilani, Republic Report: ''ALEC is accustomed to hiding its agenda and its legislation behind closed doors. At secretive conferences and over e-mail chains the public never sees, the organization allows its corporate donors to manufacture bills and then send them to be passed in state legislatures without the public ever knowing about their origin. But these ALEC staffers can t hide who they are, and what they do for an organization that harms almost every area of American life.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8390-meet-the-alec-staffers-who-help-corporations-write-our-laws



To Whom Much Is Given: Why We Need to Tax Inheritance

Jeffrey Mikkelson, Truthout: ''Roughly half of the wealthiest Americans inherited all or much of their wealth, and the United States ranks near the bottom of rich countries in terms of intergenerational mobility. What s more, the vast majority of inherited wealth goes entirely untaxed. Under current law, heirs can inherit an estate of up to $5 million without paying a cent in federal taxes. In fact, it s likely that a sizable portion of that income was never taxed in the first place.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8316-to-whom-much-is-given-why-we-need-to-tax-inheritance



Arizona Is the ''Petri Dish'' for ALEC s Corporate-Influenced Legislature

Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: ''Arizona, with 49 out of 90 legislators with membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council, is a darling of the bill drafting body and home to several bills modeled on the council s legislation targeting workers compensation, unions and public education.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8555-arizona-is-the-petri-dish-for-corporate-influenced-legislature



ALEC ''Sharpens Focus on Jobs''

Mary Bottari, PR Watch: ''ALEC has a sweeping anti-union agenda that would cripple labor s ability to serve as an effective counterweight to corporate CEOs.... On collective bargaining, ALEC s 'Public Employee Freedom Act' declares that 'an employee should be able to contract on their own terms' and 'mandatory collective bargaining laws violate this freedom.' This ALEC bill and the 'Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act' prohibit automatic payroll deductions for union dues, a key aspect of Walker s collective bargaining bill struck down by a federal court judge.''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/8625-hang-onto-that-paycheck-alec-sharpens-focus-on-jobs



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