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      Corporate Power as a puppet-master

      Regulate Their Greed or Pay the Price

      As philosophers from Socrates to Jesus to Adam Smith have told us over and over: unregulated greed always ends up enriching the few while devastating the rest of society.

      Thom Hartmann
      Mar 13, 2023

      The failure of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) shows us, once again, that unrestrained greed isn’t good. For even modest greed to have a positive effect in society, it must be regulated.

      The CEO of SVB didn’t like the regulations imposed after the 2008 financial meltdown by Congress’ Dodd-Frank legislation, and spent over a half-million dollars bribing…er, influencing…legislators (legalized by 5 Republicans on the Supreme Court) to change the law and exempt his and other smaller, regional banks from what he argued was the heavy hand of government.

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      "Civility" Should Not Be a Priority for a Democracy Under Threat

      "Civility" Should Not Be a Priority for a Democracy Under Threat

      Biden is simply hiding behind "civility" to conceal the fact that, all too often, he shared portions of the same anti-democratic agendas embraced by vile segregationists, by his "Republican friends," and by his Wall Street donors

      Ernest A. Canning
      Jul 07, 2019

      As an abstract principle, civil discourse is regarded as a virtue. However, one should neither mistake a facade of respectability for civility nor be prepared to sacrifice core democratic principles to achieve civility.

      It is extremely dangerous, either in the name of "civility" or "bipartisanship," to yield to those who seek nothing less than the destruction of democracy.

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      Joe Biden Reality Check: The Puffery vs. the Record

      Joe Biden Reality Check: The Puffery vs. the Record

      Biden has a media image that exudes down-to-earth caring and advocacy for regular folks. But his actual record is a very different story.

      Norman Solomon
      Apr 24, 2019

      Let's be blunt: As a supposed friend of American workers, Joe Biden is a phony. And now that he's running for president, Biden's huge task is to hide his phoniness.

      From the outset, with dim prospects from small donors, the Biden campaign is depending on big checks from the rich and corporate elites who greatly appreciate his services rendered. "He must rely heavily, at least at first, upon an old-fashioned network of money bundlers--political insiders, former ambassadors and business executives," the New York Timesreported on Tuesday.

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