According to the Detroit News, our Governor’s secret education privatization task force, nicknamed the Skunk Works, was just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, in spite of Snyder’s pledge to bring unprecedented transparency to Lansing, a great deal of the legislation coming out of the Capital these days seems to be the product of corporate […]
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Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy
Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged corporatocracy, cyber school, education reform, Michigan is doomed, Oxford Foundation, privatization, Rick Snyder, Royal Oak, school vouchers, shadow government, Sidney Kardon, skunk works, threats to Democracy, threats to public education, transparency 25 Comments
Bill Moyers on the Supreme Court’s decision not to revisit Citizens United
Bill Moyers, if you haven’t seen it yet, shared a great essay a few days ago, on the Citizen’s United decision, which gave corporations and wealthy individuals the go-ahead to invest unlimited sums of money in hopes of influencing American elections, and the subsequent campaign being waged by those attempting to buy said elections to […]
Posted in Observations, Politics Also tagged Bill Moyers, cash as free speech, Citizens United, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, disclose act, First Amendment, Fourth of July, Free Speech, George III, get the money out of Washington, July 4, money as free speech, Move to Amend, Netroots Nation, Ohio, Plutocracy, privatization, Sherrod Brown, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson, threats to Democracy 4 Comments