[GreenYes] Fwd: [empoweringdemocracy] Political Bribery in the USA

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

>From: Alex Tapia <alex@campaignexxonmobil.org>
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> > From: James Ace <jamesace@earthlink.net>
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> > PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE!
> > PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS POSTINGS!
> >
> > Hot off the press! ORDER NOW!
> >
> >
> > POLITICAL BRIBERY IN THE U.S.A.
> >
> > How Corporations and the Wealthy Buy Power
> > and What We Can Do to Stop Them
> >
> > ---
> >
> > by Randy Kehler, with research assistance from Public Campaign
> > Co-Sponsored by 19 organizations!
> >
> > Includes Nine Classic Case Studies
> > - Ignoring Global Warming
> > - Trading with China
> > - Rewarding Tobacco Companies
> > - Skewing Taxation
> > - Jacking Up Pharmaceutical Prices
> > - Building More Prisons
> > - Protecting Chiquita Banana
> > - Arming Colombia
> > - Citigroup Profiteering
> > WITH SPECIAL SECTION:
> > What We Can Do to Stop Political Bribery and Advance Democracy
> >
> > This booklet is about how giant corporations and wealthy individuals buy
> > political power and influence  and how politicians sell it to them. But to
> > simply call this pernicious phenomenon "the buying and selling of political
> > power and influence" makes it sound almost legitimate, like the buying and
> > selling of soap or automobiles. In fact, what we're talking about here is
> > political bribery  how it got started and became the controlling
> > characteristic of our political system  and what we can do to stop it.
> >
> > To order copies of this booklet, send check or money orders to:
> >
> > The Alliance for Democracy
> > End Political Bribery Project
> > 681 Main Street, Suite # 2-16
> > Waltham, MA  02451
> > Attn: BOOKLET ORDER
> >
> > Political Bribery In The U.S.A. Booklet (includes shipping with USPS
> > First-Class Mail)
> > 1 copy:  $4.00 each
> > 2-4 copies:  $3.50 each
> > 5-25 copies: $3.00 each
> > 26-50 copies: $2.50 each
> > 50+ copies: Please contact the Alliance for Democracy first:
> > (781) 894-1179 OR: jamesace@earthlink.net
> >
> > ***PLEASE NOTE: For bulk orders, discounts or a sliding scale, please
> > contact Jim Ace at the Alliance for Democracy.
> >
> > To use a credit card, please call the Alliance for Democracy National 
> Office
> > 1-888-466-8233, 1-781-894-1179 or e-mail  peoplesall@aol.com
> >
> >
> > WHY THIS BOOKLET?
> >
> > If we want to reverse global warming and have a national energy policy
> > based on conservation and renewable resources;
> >
> > If we want quality health care to be a right enjoyed by all rather than a
> > privilege only for those who can afford it;
> >
> > If we want communities, workers, and consumers to be protected from toxic
> > wastes and toxic products;
> >
> > If we think that putting nuclear weapons in space is insane and spending
> > nearly half of the federal government's entire discretionary budget on
> > military expenditures is obscene;
> >
> > If we think wealth shouldn't be overwhelmingly concentrated in a few
> > people's hands and poverty should and can be eliminated;
> >
> > If we think that the nature of huge corporations and the laws governing
> > them should be fundamentally transformed to ensure that they are totally
> > subordinate to democracy and serve the long-term interests of the people
> > and the planet;
> >
> > Then we must abolish the current bribery system and replace it with a
> > system of publicly financed campaigns that removes corporations as players
> > and doesn't discriminate against people without access to big money.
> >
> > Join the campaign to end political bribery and work towards achieving true
> > democracy and justice in America!
> >
> > For more information about the campaign, please contact:
> >
> > jamesace@earthlink.net
> >
> > Campaign for Clean Elections
> > End Political Bribery Project
> > Alliance for Democracy
> > 681 Main Street, Suite 2-16
> > Waltham, MA 02451
> > 781-894-1179 ext. 2.
> >
> >
> >
>
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Gary Liss
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