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Which Corporations Own The White House
The president and his top advisers have kept an open door for CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, keeping almost 1,000 appointments with them, a Reuters review of White House records shows. Of the hundreds of appointments listed, Obama himself was present at about half. As the corrupting hand of government intervention spreads, so CEOs and the White House have become allies in advocating for immigration reform, the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reauthorization for the Export-Import Bank. So who really owns The White House?
And the winner is...
"I do take a fair amount of grief from Republican colleagues who think that I've just like totally lost my mind," said Honeywell International Inc's David Cote, 63, the most frequent CEO visitor to Obama's White House, having turned up more than 50 times.
Cote was part of a high-profile commission on the nation's debt in 2010 and serves on another advisory panel on technology and manufacturing. He said he thinks CEOs should not delegate their responsibility to help politicians understand business. "You've got to be able to talk about this stuff and have both sides understand the needs of the other," he said.
Cote, a life-long Republican, said he doesn't always agree with Obama but enjoys talking with him, calling him "a very smart guy" who doesn't get enough credit for his work on the economy.
Since the economic downturn of 2008, the critics of capitalism have redoubled their efforts to persuade the American people and many others around the world that the system of individual freedom and free enterprise has failed.
The first observation to make is that many if not most of the social and economic misfortunes that are most frequently talked about are not the product of a “failed” free enterprise. The reason for this is that a consistently practiced free enterprise system no longer exists in the United States.
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What we live under is a heavily regulated, managed and controlled interventionist-welfare state. The over 80,000 pages of the Federal Register, the volume that specifies and enumerates all the Federal regulations that are imposed on and to which all American businesses are expected to comply, is just one manifestation of the extent to which government has weaved a spider’s web of commands over the business community.
As we detailed previously, the Austrian economist, Ludwig von Mises, described this twisted, corrupted, and politicized capitalism over 80 years ago, in 1932, in an essay on “The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism,” published shortly before the coming of Hitler and the Nazi movement to power.
In such a politicized market economy, working for and serving “national” and “social” interests become the guiding principle of business decision-making.
What all these examples and facts about lobbying activities, campaign funding and government-business partnerships highlight is the pervasive extent to which “capitalism” as it now exists in the United States or Europe – or in fact all other parts of the world – has nothing to do with free market, laissez-faire capitalism.
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In a real free market, there is no place for politicians to offer privileges and favors, because there are none to sell. There is no motive or gain for special interest groups to spend huge sums of money in campaign contributions or lobbying expenses, because political benefits for some at others’ expense cannot be bought.
Wasteful and corrupting “partnerships” between government and business enterprises cannot occur because political authority is restrained from any task other than the securing of each individual’s right to his life, liberty, and peacefully acquired property.
As Ludwig von Mises said, the political and economic crises through which the world suffers is not the crisis or failure of the free market. No, it is the crisis and failure of the interventionist-welfare state, and its anti-free market capitalist ideology.
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Do we expect anything less than influence peddling and crony capitalism/corruption in a banana republic? The greatest lie ever sold was that America was some how 'different' from the rest of the world.
The only difference is the petty kickbacks and bribe taking have not filtered down to the Department of Motor Vehicles or the local town hall......yet. Give it time and it will.
Exceptionally different
How about "Which OWNERS Of the Corporations Own The White House?"
That would be more apropos as a headline. The "Corporations" moniker is just another false technique used - to deflect what little remains of the sheeples' neural synapses to place an actual ENTITY of control behind those corporations.
Michae... er, Michelle...
That's my final answer, Alex.
The Fed. Nuff said.
Look at Chevron leading the destruction of the Middle East.
All of the ones controlled by foreigners, mostly Israel.
Nothing else needs to be said. Get rid of the bagels and kebabs.
We can keep the rabbi's daughters.
They're kosher fun:
>> Fun with rabbi's daughter <<
Contrary to what far-right nuts often assert, non-observant Jewish people do intermarry with other groups.
This is why it is important to distinguish between "the Jews", as a blanket statement, and Jews who are supportive of Zionism--which is a contemporary form of right-wing extremism/nationalism in itself.
You are showing blatant profiling there, Eric.
By their fruits ye shall know them: banks, MIC, pharma/big Ag, Israel & big oil/extraction - they are the winners.
You must phrase it in the form of a question, El.
the banks own all the companies. who owns the banks and the private corporation commonly known as the fed.
THERE are really only a few dynasties that squid through all corporations, CEO's are MINIONS. The FED is not the end all, be all. That is Yankee thinking. Look to City of London...and follow the money trail.
To think that US corps and influence are themselves "exceptional" is vanity. The world is being played for here.
Question? Who manages the Vatican immense wealth? Not the corrupt minions....but who oversees this massive wealth? UK Royals? follow the money.
Obama is way less than a puppet. And MIC are likely a joke shared over vintage spirits.
You are less "whacko" than you know, Warner. Amen.
~"How about "Which OWNERS Of the Corporations Own The White House?""~
Absolutely. The CEOs are the head porch negroes who went to see the government's head porch negro. You send the help to talk to the help, not do it yourself.
By "owners" the implication is "shareholders", but your real owners are those who benefit from the productive capacity of the corporation, and bondholders are the ones who get paid first.
a propos benefit: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell)
On March 10, 2013, the WSJ reported that Honeywell was one of sixty companies that shielded annual profits from U.S. taxes.[96] In December 2011, the non-partisan liberal organization Public Campaign criticized Honeywell International for spending $18.3 million on lobbying and not paying any taxes during 2008–2010, instead getting $34 million in tax rebates, despite making a profit of $4.9 billion, laying off 968 workers since 2008, and increasing executive pay by 15% to $54.2 million in 2010 for its top 5 executives.[97] Honeywell has been criticized in the past for its manufacture of deadly and maiming weapons, such as cluster bombs.
the enviromental critisism part in wiki is way too long to post here.............
cote gives exceptional head
Americans still believe on all levels that the White House actually has any meaning. IF it did then elections would have some element of intelligence. If American political instituitions had any valid meaning Billions would not be able to buy candidates completely openly and written up in the media.
Citizens United? (ya know the one I mean) was such a bold step that out corruption into some legitimate footing. Who WHO WHO could ever authorize the open buying of elections? This is way beyond Banana Republics. This is criminal mafia, OPEN and advertised takeover of a nation.
And you guys swallowed it all.
Real answer - is all of them own the White House if they got money to burn.
Congress and the Senate love to be bought.
He who dies with the most hookers and blow wins.
Blast from the past.
Oh, pussy juice on a cigar is nasty! Thanks for that tasty detail, Bill.
To think that that diversion was important highlights the ability of media to yell " Squirrel !!! ", giving the sheeple and muppets something to chase while the wolves devour the carcass completely.
...calling him "a very smart guy" who doesn't get enough credit for his work on the economy.
Oh, he "worked" on the economy, allright, and how!
I love the concept of lobbying big government with government money.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUK...
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/top-10-corporate-tax-avoiders
http://www.njpp.org/releases/many-of-americas-most-profitable-corporatio...
http://billmoyers.com/2014/05/29/10-companies-that-dodge-corporate-taxes/
I didn't see Israel Inc. listed, or ISIS Co. or...
Oh Israel Inc is well listed in there.
Surprised to see Eric Schmidt of GOOGLE on the list of visitors,had heard he was shacking up with valerie in the basement for some time? Strange...
DC sucks... should be shut down
I had no idea, f*ck me to tears,. How obvious does it have to be, we have our middle class heads so far up our ass they can flaunt their corruption totally in total daylight. If our MSM was even worth their weight in rat shit, this would be huge news. Integrity in our govt is totally gone and it seems OUR spines are gone too...
This is who government actually represents. We the people not so much.
How do the Policy Wonks get their cut?
Continued employment is my only guess.
UPS....Really..I'm shipping Fedex....
Oh come on, you didn't REALLY think your vote counted for anything did you?
I'll read this after the facebook presents live from the Venetian it's the republican national debate show ends
What's a big deal, they own the place, as long as you and me are paying Obama's rent he is playing a president if we stop he will be kicked out of there. They are all bought, sold and delivered.
And now they are debating the price of fresh political meat and future cannon fodder i.e. us.
More on political farce at:
https://contrarianopinion.wordpress.com/notes-on-buddy-politics/
and theft of a nation:
https://contrarianopinion.wordpress.com/economy-update/
Dude from Honeywell? 50 Times?.... Wtf? That is about as twisted as it gets, what in the world is the attraction/action there? Somebody is getting really rich there, Barry.
Doesn't surprise me, Honeywell were the inventors of the uninterruptible auto-pilot which would have been used for Operation Northwoods, was used for 9/11, could have been used for MH-370, was probably used for A-321, and the list goes on. There are a lot of planes in the air and many opportunities left to exploit.
There are still those who deny that the US has become a fascist state; tin-foil hat wearing kooks!
https://aerospace.honeywell.com/defense
https://aerospace.honeywell.com/products/military-avionics
https://aerospace.honeywell.com/en/defense/platforms/general-atomics-mq-...
Capitalism has not failed in the United States; it's been politically supplanted by Crony Capitalism, a more polite term than the more accurate term Fascism. The United States political system is a clear failure. It is a bribery-besotted club of sociopaths and psychopaths, in other words, a gang of political parasites. They are motivated solely through bribery and are only going to do what is in the interests of their paymasters.
• Abolish the Federal Reserve System;
• Hold banking stock and bond holders and banking executive officers completely responsible for the totality of losses even if it exceeds paid in capital and face value of bond holdings;
• Prosecute and severely punish the political parasites for accepting bribes (I.e., campaign contributions, honoraria, fees for speeches, free rides on Crony Capitalist Corporate jets, etc.),
• Prosecute Crony Capitalist Corporations and Oligarchs for paying bribes to the political parasites;
Now that Google has become Alphabet, it reminds me far too much of the Umbrella Corporation from Resident Evil...
Standard Disclaimer: Life imitating art.
Disney? WTF!?
Meeting with a monkey is about as equally productive/meaningful as sitting down for a 'business chat' with Obama.
REAL power doesn't bother going to the White House. REAL power doesn't make appointments that are recorded. REAL power doesn't bother running large corporations. Those running those 100 corporations and more are just plantation managers. Well-paid, but still under control by agents of The Great Red Dragon. It's not that this free old 1889 book tells all. It just gives the reader a different angle of looking at things reported in the "free" press. YOU connect the dots, not the media. The dots tell you who, what, when, and where, but you must come up with the WHY. Propaganda saves you the trouble of thinking for yourself, but that's like walking onto a cracking, thawing lake with your worse enemy telling you its absolutely safe.
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Hah ha one word explains all of it
how virtuous are the western world leaders
(They get nobel prize too Hah ha)
You forgot healthcare care, United Healthcare and their strangle hold on the White House and a lot more. Just because the CEO doesn't show up a lot, there are tons of others who do. Don't forget the CAP, Center for American Progress think tank. John Podesta left as it's leader and creator to run Hillary's campaign...tons of of United Healthcare folks there along with Jonathon Gruber and Dr. Zeke Emanuel...and you have the 6 degrees of Bob Rubin running HHS and a former Goldman banker as acting head of CMS.
http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2015/11/optumrx-united-healthcare-buys-home.html
Here's more, HHS sold their own FDA down the river with jumping into the United Healthcare/Optum Labs deal, competes with IBMWatson in mining a lot of personal medical data for sale that doesn't fall under HIPAA.
http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2015/11/hhs-joins-optum-labs-as-research.html
The too big to fail has it's sights set on being the single pay contractor in the US and just bought another hospital in Brazil where United is now the 3rd largest health provider in the country.
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A better question would be how many billionaires own the White House and which billionaires are they?
Zion, Inc.
Newsflash: The Republicrat oligarchy is alive and well but anyone with a functioning brain knows that already.
OBAMA IS A REALLY SMART GUY WHO DOESN'T GET ENOUGH CREDIT FOR THE ECONOMY.
WHAT A DICK HEAD !
Tell them to repay the debt, or stay in jail....no golf.....until it is repaid.
Pilfering fucksticks.
I think Comcast should be on that list.
Chevron is interesting too... only small meetings, lots of secrets it seems, but who wonders, when you know the story of standard oil and its successors (exxon too... )