The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) looks to be another hammer in the oligarchy's toolbox. Robert Reich and now Elizabeth Warren are raising concerns:
Why Elizabeth Warren is declaring war on an obscure trade policy - Vox
(BTW, the John Oliver video in this link is AWESOME.)
Now another thread to pull in is that I've been hearing that the new Net Neutrality regs. might themselves introduce bad stuff, and that the public - so far- isn't allowed to review these new regs.
The common link here *might* be the lack of transparency. In all of these situations (and thousands more), corporations bend over backwards to keep secrets. Recently a few states have started initiatives that would compel corporations to disclose their political contributions - of course, corporations are fighting this proposed law.
Now let's ask: "What could we (collections of citizens), do with $100 million of good lawyer time?". The easy answer is "not much", but I wonder.
What if we focused our $100 million on transparency laws? Of course, a lot of people will be indifferent, but still...
Why Elizabeth Warren is declaring war on an obscure trade policy - Vox
(BTW, the John Oliver video in this link is AWESOME.)
Now another thread to pull in is that I've been hearing that the new Net Neutrality regs. might themselves introduce bad stuff, and that the public - so far- isn't allowed to review these new regs.
The common link here *might* be the lack of transparency. In all of these situations (and thousands more), corporations bend over backwards to keep secrets. Recently a few states have started initiatives that would compel corporations to disclose their political contributions - of course, corporations are fighting this proposed law.
Now let's ask: "What could we (collections of citizens), do with $100 million of good lawyer time?". The easy answer is "not much", but I wonder.
What if we focused our $100 million on transparency laws? Of course, a lot of people will be indifferent, but still...
