Dallaschildren, your first site has a link to these guys,
http://www.economyincrisis.com/, & my oh my, aren't there some interesting articles there!!
"Multinational corporations have too much power" by Lynne Slawsky. a few excerpts:
Quote:
* Nearly 50 percent of the world's top economies are MNCs.
# 70 percent of all global trade is controlled by just 500 MNCs.
# 50 percent of all foreign direct investment is controlled by only 1 percent of the world's MNCs.
# 50 percent of all consumer durables, automotive parts, airlines, aerospace, electronics, electricity, and steel is controlled by just 5 MNCs.
# 40 percent of all oil, personal computers, and media is controlled by 5 MNCs. |
followed by a list of corporations advising the 'World' Trade Organisation.
Quote:
On MNCs' expansive influence over WTO
* Members of WTO Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations: IBM, AT&T, Bethelehem Steel, Time Warner, Corning, Bank of America, American Express, Scott Paper, Dow Chemical, Boeing, Eastman, Mobil Oil, Pfizer, Hewlett Packard, General Motors, to name a few.
* Members of WTO Intellectual Property Committee: Pfizer, IBM, DuPont, General Electric, to name a few. |
Now this article was about how the US is losing power because there are too many multinational corporations trying to undermine the trading power of the US via the WTO, but I find it absolutely fascinating that, unless I'm mistaken, every single one of those companies listed as having influence over the WTO is an
American company. So much for the
World Trade Organisation. I agree with the author in this article, the WTO is a corrupt organisation.
And there's more at that website....
Quote:
| If you are broke and out of work, committing a crime may seem like the only way to support yourself or your family. At least that seems to be the response from many people who find themselves faced by that situation. |
Whoa. you don't mean to say that poor people commit crimes out of desperation?? And here I just thought they were all just stupid & lazy & didn't want to work..... (& yes, I'm being sarcastic).
Now, I've actually got no idea what sort of political agenda the Economy in Crisis website has, but I think it's interesting because it shows how diverse opinion is on both sides of the political spectrum. I say that, DC, because I'm pretty firmly in the radical 'lefty' box, & I know that you are on record as being more of a 'righty'- yet there are political positions where we might find ourselves in agreement.... fascinating.
