Dr Brian Moench
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Sparkly Kate, erix!)In Parts I and II of Mankind: Death by Corporation, we
looked briefly at what amounts to ruthless, psychopathic behavior of
our largest corporations spanning most major industries. But aided and
abetted by "sincere" government officials, corporations are working
behind the scenes, rapidly assembling the corporate "Death Star" to be
unleashed upon citizens throughout the world, allowing them virtually
unchecked control of our food supply, our land, air, water, wallets and
our future.
An in-house editorial in the New York Times on July 5,
began, "For all its rabid partisanship, Congress has shown time and
again that it is willing to come together to deregulate corporate America."
This new corporate giveaway is a bill in the Senate sponsored by
Democrats and Republicans that would, for all intents and purposes, end
the "independence" of independent regulatory agencies, including the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Labor
Relations Board. These independent agencies were established to be
accountable to Congress - not the White House - with the goal of
insulating them from political arm-twisting.
