Tag: UnitedRepublic
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Literally Highway Robbery: What Are You Going to Do About It?
Why getting corporate money out of politics is the only solution Published 07/02/2012 by United Republic There’s a world full of ways to generate wealth, and many of them do so by providing value. This can be a product or service. You offer something of value – your time, your skills, your knowledge, your money,… Read more
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Profit-driven Prisons: Path to Prison Labor?
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] Every year public companies must file what’s called a 10k report with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). This is a summary of the firm’s financial performance. There are stiff penalties for lying to the SEC, and investors aren’t too thrilled with less than the truth… Read more
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Why We Fight
[One of a series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] “The gross national product includes air pollution and advertising for cigarettes, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and jails for the people who break them. The gross national product includes the destruction of the redwoods… Read more
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United Republic Work
A series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Author Page How Congress Can Get Its Mojo Back (796 words) Why We Fight (687 words) How to Stop the Fundraising Hamster Wheel (795 words) Why Your Education Costs More Than Health Care (980 words) Profit-Driven Prisons: Path to Prison Labor? (1019 words) Extraction of America (906 words)… Read more
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How Congress Can Get Its Mojo Back
[One of a series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article here.] Dear Congress: I grew up watching politics the way most guys watch sports. I learned about the different teams, the players, the coaches, the history of the game. As I approach the big 5-0, I’ve seen how the game has changed over the… Read more
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How to Stop The Fund-Raising Hamster Wheel
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article here.] You know there’s too much money in politics. You know business showers money on congressional representatives who vote their way. You may not realize that congressional representatives deliberately play coy on certain issues, delaying resolution for the purpose of raising more funds. Much has… Read more
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Getting Things Done – the United Republic Edition
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] The entire reason for United Republic’s existence is made plain on its front page – we are here to Get Money Out of Politics. The primary source of money in politics is corporate lobbying at all levels of government – local, state and federal. Combating… Read more
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The Extraction of America
[One of series written for UnitedRepublic.org in 2012. Original article.] Let’s get one thing out of the way now – I’m not writing to preach to the converted. Those of you who have read Dylan Ratigan’s Greedy Bastards, who understand the VICI principles, who recognize we are being extracted and how it’s happening – I’m… Read more