President Biden traveled to Atlanta on Tuesday and made his most impassioned plea for federal legislation to protect voting rights. Critically, Biden called on the Senate to make changes to its filibuster rules to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. Only one Republican out of 50, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), is willing to even allow a debate on voting rights. So if the Senate maintains its current filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to overcome, it will not happen.
I mean, if you can't publicly commit to expanding voting rights, what are you even doing? Every one of these corporations should be hammered on their commitment to the cause.
We must hold corporations accountable. Since corporations are now people (cf. Citizens United), shouldn’t they be held to the same standards when they behave criminally? Or boycotted when they betray public trust? Of course, first they must understand that they serve the public—including their workers—not just their own corporate interests.
The only thing more discouraging than the corporate support for anti-democracy is the Democrat's not making a major marketing and messaging campaign around the cause while it slipped away in plain sight
It doesn't seem possible that any voting legislation can come close to being adopted.
It's almost as if the Democrat leadership is more concerned about companies than people and are just making noise about something they had no plans really work for.
The aim of corporate oligarchy is not just to avoid regulation by government; it is to BE the government. Threatening Republicans if they did not pass the tax cut giveaway to the rich and supporting restricting the voting rights needed to support a democracy are consistent actions.
Judd - I greatly appreciate this information, but the perps are so numerous and so big that it would ALSO be useful to identify the very worst corporate actors so that motivated citizens could deliver a focused message. Conversely, are there ANY responsible corporations I can patronize beyond Patagonia?
I mean, if you can't publicly commit to expanding voting rights, what are you even doing? Every one of these corporations should be hammered on their commitment to the cause.
We must hold corporations accountable. Since corporations are now people (cf. Citizens United), shouldn’t they be held to the same standards when they behave criminally? Or boycotted when they betray public trust? Of course, first they must understand that they serve the public—including their workers—not just their own corporate interests.
The only thing more discouraging than the corporate support for anti-democracy is the Democrat's not making a major marketing and messaging campaign around the cause while it slipped away in plain sight
It doesn't seem possible that any voting legislation can come close to being adopted.
It's almost as if the Democrat leadership is more concerned about companies than people and are just making noise about something they had no plans really work for.
The aim of corporate oligarchy is not just to avoid regulation by government; it is to BE the government. Threatening Republicans if they did not pass the tax cut giveaway to the rich and supporting restricting the voting rights needed to support a democracy are consistent actions.
As long as the GOP controls government, corporations will bribe them. When Dems have 60 votes in the Senate, donations to Repugs will dry up
Judd - I greatly appreciate this information, but the perps are so numerous and so big that it would ALSO be useful to identify the very worst corporate actors so that motivated citizens could deliver a focused message. Conversely, are there ANY responsible corporations I can patronize beyond Patagonia?
We must hold corporations accountable and wear Patagonia!