....600 industry lobbyists and advisers, as well as unelected trade representatives, are at the table, while representatives from the public at large and businesses other than huge monopolies, are conspicuously absent. The list of corporate polities that benefit from these exclusive negotiating partnerships (to the detriment of the public) is long, but among the most important of the negative impacts is the toll exacted on democracy, and on the ability of the government to protect its people. Since corporate empowerment deals give corporations rights that supersede existing laws and regulations, train safety, plane safety, food safety, water safety, the environment -- the safety of the population as a whole -- is further imperiled. Furthermore, the power imbalance that is created, with the metaphorical 1% garnering disproportionate income and power over the 99%, means that the corporate governance model resembles a plutocracy more than it resembles a democracy. huffingtonpost.ca/mark-taliano/tpp-empowers-corporations_b_3846251.html
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 02:25:26 +0000
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