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Tag Archives: corporate greed
The Scheme To Raise Grocery Prices
Tip of the hat to Justin Stofferan at “You’re Probably Getting Screwed.” I had several videos concerning the newest weapon corporations have to wrench every last nickel from our fingers. The practice of “surveillance pricing” is being brought out in … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, corporate greed, inflation, surveillance pricing
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Rep. Young (IA 03) Said He “Didn’t Know” He Got $5,000 From Monsanto
Challenger Austin Frerick asked incumbent Representative David Young for his position on the Monsanto-Bayer merger. “The merger, if not stopped, would result in two companies — Monsanto-Bayer and Dow-DuPont — controlling about three-quarters of the U.S. corn seed market. ” … Continue reading
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Third District Candidate Austin Frerick Calls On Greenfield And Young To Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger
And now a word from Austin Frerick, candidate for U.S. Congress in Iowa’s third district. Sign up for Austin’s Rurally Good Newsletter here. Unlike many campaign mailings, Austin’s communications are not silly, patronizing, political red meat presented as a pretext … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Frerick, Bayer-Monsanto merger, corporate greed, corporate monopolies, Iowa's Third District
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Breaking The Grip of Corporate Ag on Rural Iowa
Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors, Inc. P.O. Box 811, Fairfield, IA 52556 jfan@lisco.com • http://www.jfaniowa.org • 641-209-6600 Award-winning agricultural journalist Alan Guebert on Breaking Free of Corporate Ag – JFAN Annual Meeting Factory farming has a stranglehold on rural Iowa, … Continue reading
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Tagged big ag in Iowa, corporate ag, corporate greed, Factory farming in Iowa, Jefferson County Farmers and Neighbors, Rural Iowa
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The Costs of Business Subsidies
by Ralph Scharnau Today all levels of government—municipal, county, district, state, and federal—try to entice businesses to relocate, expand, or simply continue operations. The commonplace incentives to new or existing businesses include tax cuts/exemptions, rebates, monetary awards, and waiving/easing regulations. … Continue reading
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How People Power Defeats Corporate Power
Posted in #trumpresistance, Corporate Greed
Tagged CFPB, consumer protections, corporate greed, opioids
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The Corporate Power Henry Wallace Warned Us About
If you haven’t yet, after viewing the video, read the Lewis Powell Memo (the Powell Manifesto) here
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The Republican Plan To Take Down Your Government
This is an excellent must read article by Matt Sinovic, Director of ProgressIowa, originally published in the Des Moines Register. When did we stop trusting in our government? The government isn’t some distant, unknown group. It’s “us, you and I” … Continue reading
Posted in Republican hypocrisy, Republican Obstruction, Republicn Policy, Social Security
Tagged corporate greed, GOP obstructionism, Republican obstructionism, trust in government
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How Local Communities Are Dismantling Corporate Rule
Is a Truly Sustainable Society Achievable As Long As Corporate Rights Outstrip the Rights of People? Community Rights Presentation Paul Cienfuegos National Community Rights Educator Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 7 PM Iowa City Public Library, Room A You will learn: … Continue reading
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Tagged #nobakken, big box stores, CAFOs in Iowa, community rights, corporate greed, sustainability
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McChesney, Nichols: Billionaires Do Not Care About Us
Try not to get too depressed by the bummer title of Robert McChesney and John Nichols’ new book, People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. They say we just have to do two things: (1) … Continue reading
Posted in Calls to Action, economic inequality, Economy, Jobs, Labor
Tagged corporate greed, economy, jobs, John Nichols, Robert McChesney
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