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Lawrence Lessig on corporate use of bailout funds to buy politicians
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:30:33 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk () gsp org> Date: January 28, 2009 8:49:59 AM ESTTo: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net>, Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org> Subject: Lawrence Lessig on corporate use of bailout funds to buy politicians
Briefly: these companies used taxpayers' money to fund their favorite politicians as part of a campaign against...taxpayers. Here's the link:HuffPost Breaks Huge Corruption Story -- And We Must Do Something About It
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/huff-post-breaks-huge-cor_b_161463.html Lessig is talking about this original HuffPost piece -- complete with audio excerpts: Bailout Recipients Hosted Call to Defeat Key Labor Bill http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank-of-america-hosted-an_n_161248.html Excerpt: Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority. Participants on the October 17 call -- including at least one representative from another bailout recipient, AIG -- were urged to persuade their clients to send "large contributions" to groups working against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), as well as to vulnerable Senate Republicans, who could help block passage of the bill. [...] "If a retailer has not gotten involved in this, if he has not spent money on this election, if he has not sent money to [former Sen.] Norm Coleman and all these other guys, they should be shot. They should be thrown out their goddamn jobs," Marcus declared. It gets worse from there. ---Rsk ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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