The real reason Obama is not making much progress

Before you can appeal to America's voters you have to appeal to the corporations

So far, Obama has tried to co-opt the corporations into his agenda by ensuring they will profit from any changes, but this inevitably waters down the proposals, often to the point of uselessness. The Cap and Trade legislation before Congress, for example, will barely limit carbon emissions at all because it has been gutted to please the polluters. Full Story »

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by Peter Henry - Nov. 21, 2009

Hari makes some obvious points about corporations owning politics, but this point is worth repeating and he provides two egregious examples to demonstrate this: Due to corporate pressure, Congress can't pass a law banning corporations from receiving government contracts if they prevent their employees from taking rapists to court, nor can it pass a law banning corporations from selling items made with slave labor. Disgusting.

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