This excellent documentary by Robert Reich is based on what is happening with economic policy and the distribution of wealth in the USA, but is unfortunately a global phenomena spreading like a cancer on steroids.
Another good video on the effects of current economic policy on growth and inequality is by Nick Hanauer, who speaks just plain common sense in my opinion.
Economic Policy has become the only policy of Government! Now, Foreign Policy is based around Military Sales, Trade Agreements and Petro-Dollars, Domestic Policy is based on how much you can charge for public services and Education Policy aspires to producing working clones that don't inquire! The Bottom Line has become that which no one can (or will) question, the Dollar has become a religion and the people have become just an asset for Big Business. Corporations, having gained the rights of "Natural Persons", are now morphing into Gods!
Democracy for the people, by the people has been replaced by "Corporatocracy" for the wealthy by the wealthy. Big money now controls Government policy, regardless of the party holding power, be it right or left. Campaign donations are in effect bribes and not so transparent to the public. Corporate CEO's, their senior staff and lobbyists, sit on Government Committees and NGO boards, where their voting and management policy are in favor of their company interests and not that of the people for which they are supposedly helping and protecting. The placement of Corporate Directors as Government "Officials" and vice-versa is so rife in the USA, that it has become known as the " Revolving Door Policy".
An example of non transparent Corporate and Government collusion, and close to home for me, is the privatization of "The
Department of Agriculture and Food WA"; and its morphing into a company called Intergrain; with Monsanto having a 26% share holding. Together with the WA Government and the Grain Research and Development Corporation, the other partners, this company is responsible for the grain R&D in the state...with Monsanto, for God's sake!
Democratic voting is becoming a sham, wherein the two major parties in the system pretend to be adversaries, when in fact they are both sitting within a whisker of each other on the political spectrum, and then govern according to the Corporate Zeitgeist. Alternative or minor parties find it difficult or impossible to form and run for election; because of the cost to those running and the restrictions placed on political party formation by the current ruling party.
It is time that Democracy be for the people again, with Big Corpa and Big Money being removed from the whole political system and where every one running for office should have equal resources and opportunities for their campaigns.
Another good video on the effects of current economic policy on growth and inequality is by Nick Hanauer, who speaks just plain common sense in my opinion.
Economic Policy has become the only policy of Government! Now, Foreign Policy is based around Military Sales, Trade Agreements and Petro-Dollars, Domestic Policy is based on how much you can charge for public services and Education Policy aspires to producing working clones that don't inquire! The Bottom Line has become that which no one can (or will) question, the Dollar has become a religion and the people have become just an asset for Big Business. Corporations, having gained the rights of "Natural Persons", are now morphing into Gods!
Democracy for the people, by the people has been replaced by "Corporatocracy" for the wealthy by the wealthy. Big money now controls Government policy, regardless of the party holding power, be it right or left. Campaign donations are in effect bribes and not so transparent to the public. Corporate CEO's, their senior staff and lobbyists, sit on Government Committees and NGO boards, where their voting and management policy are in favor of their company interests and not that of the people for which they are supposedly helping and protecting. The placement of Corporate Directors as Government "Officials" and vice-versa is so rife in the USA, that it has become known as the " Revolving Door Policy".
An example of non transparent Corporate and Government collusion, and close to home for me, is the privatization of "The Department of Agriculture and Food WA"; and its morphing into a company called Intergrain; with Monsanto having a 26% share holding. Together with the WA Government and the Grain Research and Development Corporation, the other partners, this company is responsible for the grain R&D in the state...with Monsanto, for God's sake!
Democratic voting is becoming a sham, wherein the two major parties in the system pretend to be adversaries, when in fact they are both sitting within a whisker of each other on the political spectrum, and then govern according to the Corporate Zeitgeist. Alternative or minor parties find it difficult or impossible to form and run for election; because of the cost to those running and the restrictions placed on political party formation by the current ruling party.
It is time that Democracy be for the people again, with Big Corpa and Big Money being removed from the whole political system and where every one running for office should have equal resources and opportunities for their campaigns.
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