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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 06:49 AM
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What are some things that our new president (or congress)could do to stand up to corporate greed?...
Edited on Wed Jan-02-08 06:50 AM by annie1
or are there any websites related to this that you could refer me to? thanks.
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Yuugal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 07:13 AM
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1. stop taking their money
and maybe stop calling it "corporate donations" and call it what it actually is: a filthy bribe.
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Sadie5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 07:24 AM
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3. corporate greed is running wild
under Bushco. Start with banking and insurance companies, then go after big oil and put all of their asses in prison.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 07:23 AM
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2. here's a couple of definite things:
work with Congress to end the gift to pharma contained in the Medicare drug benefit bill.

stand up to big oil and the automakers. Look into price fixing re big oil. Reduce or cut out the subsidies to oil companies. Stop the ethanol nonsense. Support California's auto emissions law instead of blocking it. Work toward making that law federal.

Crack down on the financial services market and the practices that hurt working Americans.

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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 07:45 AM
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4. mega taxes on corporations who offshore jobs to the cheap labor industry.
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iamahaingttta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 09:26 AM
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5. Why not be concerned instead...
...about what YOU can do about corporate greed?

Like, stop giving them your money? Watch where your dollars go. Stop using credit cards. Stop paying interest. Buy local, buy small scale, stop enabling the greed. They will have no power if we don't give them our money.
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BigDDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 09:37 AM
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6. Please define corporate greed
Thanks!
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annie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 12:26 PM
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8. i dunno, whatever Ewards is talking about...and whatever people are saying...
Hillary is bad for.
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donsu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 11:01 AM
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7. make them pay their taxes even if they keep their office in the islands


make them pay their back taxes.



for starters.
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