Are the Republications the Party of Large Corporate Government?
Are the Republications the Party of Large Corporate Government?
According to the following link:
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/kraft-latest-corporation-to-drop-conservative-lobbying-group-over-voter-id-and-stand-your-ground-laws/
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Are Republications the party of large corporate government? It seems they are and that ALEC is a major Republican tool for a large corporate government.
According to the following link:
"Republicans don't want smaller government, they want an Unelected Corporate Government that they can collude with outside the system of fair elections. The more successful they are at continuing to build this Large Corporate Government, the less voters will have a say in how schools are run, how prisons are run, or even how our most precious asset — our military — is run."
See #3 at http://crooksandliars.com/jill-w-klausen/3-things-democrats-should-immediate
1. It seems like this major corporate front group writes template legislation for Republican legislators for the benefit of large corporations. See #3 at http://crooksandliars.com/jill-w-klausen/3-things-democrats-should-immediate
"The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is the most powerful corporate front group you've never heard of. The group, sponsored by some of America’s largest corporations, writes legislation that tends to benefit its donors and ships these template bills to state legislatures for compliant lawmakers to pass."
See http://truth-out.org/news/item/8390-meet-the-alec-staffers-who-help-corporations-write-our-laws
2. Withdrawals from ALEC and ALEC's influence.See http://truth-out.org/news/item/8390-meet-the-alec-staffers-who-help-corporations-write-our-laws
"The Coca-Cola Company announced last week it is withdrawing from the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC, which has been accused by progressive organizations of working “to disenfranchise African Americans, Latinos, students, the elderly, the disabled, and the poor. Shortly after Coke made its announcement, Pepsi, Kraft and Intuit followed suit."
"According to Open Secrets, ALEC’s 23 corporate board members have spent at least $400 million on lobbying expenditures from 2009 through 2011." “Much of these companies’ lobbying efforts have targeted the health care reform law signed by President Barack Obama last year, as well as environmental measures, such as bills that would block the [Environmental Protection Agency] from regulating greenhouse gases,” adds Open Secrets.
"ALEC also has at least one elected official from every state who serves as a “state chairman” and whose “duties shall include recruiting new members, working to ensure introduction of model legislation, ..."
Only one of these state representatives and senators was a Democrat.
http://coloradoindependent.com/117631/coca-cola-drops-membership-in-alec
3. ALEC associated with Voter ID and “Stand Your Ground” laws"ALEC also has at least one elected official from every state who serves as a “state chairman” and whose “duties shall include recruiting new members, working to ensure introduction of model legislation, ..."
Only one of these state representatives and senators was a Democrat.
http://coloradoindependent.com/117631/coca-cola-drops-membership-in-alec
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/kraft-latest-corporation-to-drop-conservative-lobbying-group-over-voter-id-and-stand-your-ground-laws/
Back to the question:
Are Republications the party of large corporate government? It seems they are and that ALEC is a major Republican tool for a large corporate government.
Dave Baldwin
Such a simple question is not going to get you any usable answer. The simpler truth is that all of us including political parties are primarily "self-interested". And I think all parties would rather have the voters get out of the way when they are in power. Voters are loud obnoxious people who get in the way of getting things done. ALEC may be a major Republican tool. That usually means they invited just their "friends" to play. I'm sure the Democrats have their own version somewhere where they generally don't invite Republicans.
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But the subject is about a large, unelected, corporate government.
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Right, but much more funding -- 400 million
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Dave,
1. Here, I think, is the pertinent quotation (and subject) from the Eisenhower link you gave:
[Indent]This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. From http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/indust.html [/Indent]
My personal preference, as thread author, is to see a short quotation accompanied by a link, so there is some immediate value written within the thread. EE prefers this too, but this an un-moderated, 50 point, "opinion" zone.
2. You said:
"If you do a search for "unelected corporate government.", you will see that someone has a campaign going. I say that because quite a few sites have the exact same text about it. If you let yourself be sucked in by these wonderful catch phrases, you will stop thinking about how things should really be."
Regardless of its proliferation, if it is true (and it appears to be to me) then it is a great, true, Democrat catch phrase that clearly differentiates them from the Republicans who accuse them of wanting large government. The only difference being a large (in effect) government lead by corporate interests compared to a large (or larger) government having more emphasis on empathy and responsibility for the general (non-corporate) citizenry.
3.You also said:
"Too little governance and people get away with things that are bad. Too much restriction and no work can be done. The best method is to try to keep it where a balance is struck. And of course, you have to keep adjusting it because things change. People keep try to get away with things in new ways and others keep trying to gain complete control which brings it all to a halt."
This is why I think the charge that Republications favor a large unelected corporate government is a great Democrat answer to the charge of Democrats favoring large or larger government.
As per the above, I liked your posting, but thought it was too abstract -- I had to dig into it, in order to make its value more clear to me and the average reader here (if it were to be one of those awarded).
So poink ME. *laughing*
If you are so inclined, perhaps you might post the same ideas, but shorter and more concrete. Regardless, your last posting is one I believe should be awarded in some way so as to highlight it.
Thank you.
1. Here, I think, is the pertinent quotation (and subject) from the Eisenhower link you gave:
[Indent]This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government. We recognize the imperative need for this development. Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the militaryindustrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. From http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/indust.html [/Indent]
My personal preference, as thread author, is to see a short quotation accompanied by a link, so there is some immediate value written within the thread. EE prefers this too, but this an un-moderated, 50 point, "opinion" zone.
2. You said:
"If you do a search for "unelected corporate government.", you will see that someone has a campaign going. I say that because quite a few sites have the exact same text about it. If you let yourself be sucked in by these wonderful catch phrases, you will stop thinking about how things should really be."
Regardless of its proliferation, if it is true (and it appears to be to me) then it is a great, true, Democrat catch phrase that clearly differentiates them from the Republicans who accuse them of wanting large government. The only difference being a large (in effect) government lead by corporate interests compared to a large (or larger) government having more emphasis on empathy and responsibility for the general (non-corporate) citizenry.
3.You also said:
"Too little governance and people get away with things that are bad. Too much restriction and no work can be done. The best method is to try to keep it where a balance is struck. And of course, you have to keep adjusting it because things change. People keep try to get away with things in new ways and others keep trying to gain complete control which brings it all to a halt."
This is why I think the charge that Republications favor a large unelected corporate government is a great Democrat answer to the charge of Democrats favoring large or larger government.
As per the above, I liked your posting, but thought it was too abstract -- I had to dig into it, in order to make its value more clear to me and the average reader here (if it were to be one of those awarded).
So poink ME. *laughing*
If you are so inclined, perhaps you might post the same ideas, but shorter and more concrete. Regardless, your last posting is one I believe should be awarded in some way so as to highlight it.
Thank you.
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Okay, thanks
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I thought the government was always dominated by money... Things (and votes?) got to be paid for.
>>I thought the government was always dominated by money... Things (and votes?) got to be paid for.
Very true. And the people and corporations that do the paying will expect their money's worth.
Very true. And the people and corporations that do the paying will expect their money's worth.
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Thank you all. I'm opening another question soon