Comments on: Corporate takeover of the state

By: William Bonds

William Bonds — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:14:42 +0000

I wonder if someone will give me a credit card with that kind of background. As always, a very insightful article that should finally drive home to people the danger we are all in and the choice is spot on: “We can have either democracy and public accountability or rampant corporate power with enormous wealth and influence concentrated in the hands of a few business executives. But we cannot have both.”

By: Alan

Alan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:59:10 +0000

Justin, you must have been reading my mind! A

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:32 +0000

First rate research/stats/information and conclusions as ever Prem!!
I have merely one suggestion i.e. that the word ‘Perhaps’ might have been more appropriate to begin your 4th from the end para i.e. PERHAPS, rather than “No doubt” in…. “No doubt, Lord Turner and Sir Win mean well and are keen to serve broader social interests…..”. I for one, question all the motives of the people now in power! This based on the actual state of our Nation rather than the “Orwellian 1984” view! Was George Orwell just 10 years out or did the present ‘fungus’ that feeds off lies and ‘spin’, presently poisoning our society actually begin spreading in 1984?! Probably 1994 when the then H M Opposition began the run up to the 1997 election. Again, perhaps they do ‘mean well’, perhaps they don’t??…..from what you say in this article I think that the weight of CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS, as presented so well by you, and backed up by your research/FACTS, is TOO GREAT for their motives to be IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST….which was, for generations, the motivation of all those in PUBLIC LIFE. Now, the EVENTS SAY that the majority in power, or those ‘influencing power’, are IN IT FOR THEIR OWN long term INTERESTS/BETTERMENT! I say this with gratitude for the research and care you’ve taken with your article……AND sadness at my conclusion, bred of my experiences, and those of other CBRs at the hands of the GFEGs [definitions on the Homepage of http://www.CBR.me. You have my admiration for sticking up for what’s right and truthful against your own peers Prem!! PLEASE continue to be the voice that more and more people heed! J

By: Mail Ling

Mail Ling — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:21:05 +0000

This is the most pressing issue and should unite the left to develop suitable policies.

By: Davinder Kohli

Davinder Kohli — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:28:06 +0000

Clear, frightening and awesome. What is happening to us. Are we all feted to relive the East India company colonialism? Gordon Brown et al please explain why so much deference to corporations?