The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
The Wall Street occupiers are seeking change. They are for a more equal distribution of wealth, to aid the unemployed, uninsured, homeless, hungry, tired and weak. The question isn't whether or not their claims have validity, but how to right the wrongs afflicting the vast majority of American's.
In the last thirty year's our middle class has disappeared as income disparity between the rich and poor has reached the highest level since 1929. During this time we have had massive deregulation, unfair taxes, aiding corporations and high income people, unnecessary subsidiaries to the oil companies, unbalance tariffs with our foreign trade partners, massive debt and other factors creating an environment that has led to the demise of our economy.
However, these are the symptoms of our current economic strife. The true powers of our government don’t have best interest of those who are not part of the elite one percent, but belong to the other ninety-nine percent who don’t earn millions, but rather live paycheck to paycheck, or rely on unemployment insurance, or count on Medicare, food stamps and welfare and unemployment checks.
The root of this is illustrated during the decade-long period: from 1998 to 2008, when Wall Street contributed over 5 billion dollars through their lobbyist and campaign contributions. Some of their contributions were as follows:
• Commercial banks spending more than $154 million on campaign contributions, while investing $383 million in officially registered lobbying;
• Insurance companies donating more than $220 million and spent more than $1.1 billion on lobbying; and
• Securities firms invested more than $512 million in campaign contributions, and an additional nearly $600 million in lobbying. Hedge funds, a subcategory of the securities industry, spent $34 million on campaign contributions (about half in the 2008 election cycle); and $20 million on lobbying.
It is no wonder that our government is sometimes referred to as a Corporatocracy, as seemingly we are run by our law makers answering not to their constituents but rather the large corporations that feed their campaign coffers. With the recent Supreme Court Citizens United case, deeming corporations as people and thus allowing them unlimited campaign contributions to candidates who will support their interest, the disparity of income in this country promises to get worse.
It is however, with hope given a new momentum and awareness that the Wall Street occupiers have started, a revolution has begun that will make our Congress answerable to its people and not Bank of America’s CEO.
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