“Canada, the United States and Mexico, we developed these energy reserves that we have in this North American region. And you can see a not only driving down the cost of electricity but a major manufacturing boom in this country. Couple that with tax policy, reduction, reducing the corporate tax rate, and that I think a renaissance in manufacturing like we've never seen in this country and really drive the economy.” ThinkingCountryStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesEconomyPolicyCoupleCostTaxesMajorsRateDrivingCorporateCanadaRegionsMexicoReservesElectricityReducingManufacturingRenaissanceReduction Author:Rick Perry
“When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses believe almost anything you want, and guide them as you please.” WantBelieveStatesAmericaUnitedOpinionUnited StatesMediaPleaseMassGuidesCorporateCorporate America Author:Gore Vidal
“For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights under the First Amendment. Only in recent years have we witnessed this corporate takeover of our First Amendment, culminating in the Citizens United ruling.” YearsFirstsPersonsNationsUnitedRightsCitizensSpeechCourtDefinedCorporateCorporationsAmendmentsFree SpeechRulingFirst AmendmentTakeoversCitizens United Author:John Bonifaz
“There is a system of terroristic states-the real terror network-that has spread throughout Latin America and elsewhere over the past several decades, and which is deeply rooted in the corporate interest and sustaining political-military-financial propaganda mechanisms of the United States and its allies in the Free World.” WorldRealStatesAmericaPastPoliticalInterestUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryFinancialTerrorSpreadDecadesCorporatePropagandaLatinAlliesMechanismElsewhereRootedOver The PastLatin AmericaSustainingFree World Author:Edward S. Herman
“If deliberate distortion of reality by corporate media could be effectively prosecuted in the United States, the entire industry would be behind bars.” IfsStatesRealityWould BeUnitedBehindsUnited StatesMediaIndustryBarsCorporateDeliberateDistortion Author:Cynthia McKinney
“The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few by what has been appropriately termed the 'ruling class'. The ruling class has many manifestations. It can take the form of a religious orthodoxy, a monarchy, a dictatorship of the proletariat, outright fascism, or, in the case of the United States, corporate statism. In each instance the ruling class relies on academics, scholars and 'experts' to legitimize and provide moral authority for its hegemony over the masses.” PeopleHas BeensStatesFormReligionReligiousUnitedMoralClassCasesUnited StatesMankindAuthorityMassMajorityInstanceCorporateManifestationExpertsRelyFascismElitesScholarDictatorshipExploitationRulingMonarchyOrthodoxyProletariatHegemonySubjugationMoral Authority Author:Ed Crane
“We're not going to give tax breaks to billionaires and then cut back on the needs of our elderly or poor or kids or education. We're not going to privatize Social Security - in fact, we're going to strengthen it. We're going to provide quality education for every kid in America, from preschool through college. We have to take on these corporate leaders who are selling out the American people, whose allegiance is now much more to China than it is to the United States. If we have the courage to take these people on, I think we can overwhelm George W. Bush and his friends.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGivingStatesFactsKidsAmericaSocialPoorUnitedQualityLeaderBreakUnited StatesCuttingSecurityCollegeTaxesChinaSellingCorporateSocial SecurityElderlyAllegianceBillionaireQuality EducationSelling OutTax BreaksPreschool Author:Bernie Sanders
“In the United States, both the upper levels of the Republican and Democratic Parties are in the pay of the corporate media and communication giants.” StatesLevelsUnitedPartyPayUnited StatesMediaCommunicationRepublicanDemocraticCorporateGiantsDemocratic Party Author:Robert Waterman McChesney