With the ever tightening voter ID requirements the voter roles will shrink
quickly.
Frank
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Koch "Alliance" on Criminal Justice Reform
Exposed as Trojan Horse
If a moment comes in which we stop praising our Forefathers for their
brilliance and farsightedness, we might think about that world of the 1700S and
the question of who should, and who should not be allowed to vote. The Pillars
of Colonial America would find today's voter eligibility strange indeed. It
was commonly accepted that Landowners would guide the young nation best because
they had the most at stake.
Women and Negroes would most likely vote as they were told to vote by their
husbands and Masters, thus giving certain States an advantage
over others. Indians were not considered Americans, and thus they
could not vote, even if the idea occurred to anyone.
The end result was the establishment of a Protected Class of People.
From the very beginning, this new free land was busy building and protecting
its aristocracy. Down through the centuries, these, "Special People", have
maintained control over the nation. They set our goals and sent our youth out
to secure it for them. More land lay to the West, and the battle was on as to
who would control it. But the battle was between factions within the
Aristocracy not the members of the working class. It's a hard pill to swallow,
saying that there is a Class of people within America, who see themselves as
superior and privileged.
The Aristocracy did not willingly allow women and non-whites the vote.
But during troubled times when the members of the Aristocracy jockeyed for
position, some progressive legislation was passed. Today the battle is over
who can be removed from the lists of registered voters.
While there is pressure from grass root organizations calling for less
restrictive requirements, the Privileged People are totally opposed.
Carl Jarvis
On 11/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Froomkin writes: "So, while the Kochs and the liberal groups used
similar language in their critique of the criminal justice system,
when it came down to actual legislation, the Kochs were focused on
reducing criminal prosecutions of corporations, not people."
Charles G. Koch. (photo: Mike Burley/AP)
Koch "Alliance" on Criminal Justice Reform Exposed as Trojan Horse By
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
29 November 15
The New York Times on Wednesday reported the shocking news that the
"rare coalition" on criminal justice reform that included liberal
groups and the right-wing billionaire Koch brothers is falling apart.
But as The Intercept's Lee Fang wrote earlier this month, the
ostensible alliance over liberalization of America's criminal justice
laws was based on a misunderstanding of the Koch brothers' fundamental
political goal.
That goal is, quite consistently, to advance their own corporate interests.
So, while the Kochs and the liberal groups used similar language in
their critique of the criminal justice system, when it came down to
actual legislation, the Kochs were focused on reducing criminal
prosecutions of corporations, not people.
Koch and the House Republicans turned out to be pushing a bill that
critics describe as a "Get Out of Jail Free" card for white-collar criminals.
Members of Washington's elite media crave stories about
bipartisanship, so groups like the pro-Clinton Center for American
Progress garnered positive media attention for finding common ground with the
Kochs earlier this year.
Now, CAP president Neera Tanden is issuing statements that "the bill
is not aimed at addressing the aspects of the criminal justice system
that are the drivers of mass incarceration and inequality and should
not be part of any genuine discussion of criminal justice reform." To the
contrary, she says:
"The bill would make it much more difficult to enforce bedrock
regulatory safeguards - such as environmental, health, and consumer
safety protections
- and leave communities of color disproportionately vulnerable to
unscrupulous, fraudulent, and predatory business practices that
exacerbate existing inequality in our communities."
There are some conservatives truly devoted to criminal justice reform
- and there's even a truly united left-right coalition on some
specific criminal justice issues, like prison rape.
But, as Fang wrote, even while the Kochs were talking criminal justice
reform, their money was notably continuing to finance election-year
efforts that promote tough-on-crime politics.
Of the 38 federal lobbyists employed by Koch, one is registered to
work on criminal justice issues; the rest work on projects more
important to Koch Industries.
And if that wasn't clear enough, Fang described how Koch's interest in
criminal justice reform was sparked not by the plight of overcrowded
prisons or racial disparities in law enforcement, but by federal and
state probes of the company's own environmental crimes.
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Charles G. Koch. (photo: Mike Burley/AP)
https://theintercept.com/2015/11/25/koch-alliance-on-criminal-justice-
reform
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ance-o n-criminal-justice-reform-exposed-as-trojan-horse/
Koch "Alliance" on Criminal Justice Reform Exposed as Trojan Horse By
Dan Froomkin, The Intercept
29 November 15
he New York Times on Wednesday reported the shocking news that the
"rare coalition" on criminal justice reform that included liberal
groups and the right-wing billionaire Koch brothers is falling apart.
But as The Intercept's Lee Fang wrote earlier this month, the
ostensible alliance over liberalization of America's criminal justice
laws was based on a misunderstanding of the Koch brothers' fundamental
political goal.
That goal is, quite consistently, to advance their own corporate interests.
So, while the Kochs and the liberal groups used similar language in
their critique of the criminal justice system, when it came down to
actual legislation, the Kochs were focused on reducing criminal
prosecutions of corporations, not people.
Koch and the House Republicans turned out to be pushing a bill that
critics describe as a "Get Out of Jail Free" card for white-collar criminals.
Members of Washington's elite media crave stories about
bipartisanship, so groups like the pro-Clinton Center for American
Progress garnered positive media attention for finding common ground with the
Kochs earlier this year.
Now, CAP president Neera Tanden is issuing statements that "the bill
is not aimed at addressing the aspects of the criminal justice system
that are the drivers of mass incarceration and inequality and should
not be part of any genuine discussion of criminal justice reform." To the
contrary, she says:
"The bill would make it much more difficult to enforce bedrock
regulatory safeguards - such as environmental, health, and consumer
safety protections
- and leave communities of color disproportionately vulnerable to
unscrupulous, fraudulent, and predatory business practices that
exacerbate existing inequality in our communities."
There are some conservatives truly devoted to criminal justice reform
- and there's even a truly united left-right coalition on some
specific criminal justice issues, like prison rape.
But, as Fang wrote, even while the Kochs were talking criminal justice
reform, their money was notably continuing to finance election-year
efforts that promote tough-on-crime politics.
Of the 38 federal lobbyists employed by Koch, one is registered to
work on criminal justice issues; the rest work on projects more
important to Koch Industries.
And if that wasn't clear enough, Fang described how Koch's interest in
criminal justice reform was sparked not by the plight of overcrowded
prisons or racial disparities in law enforcement, but by federal and
state probes of the company's own environmental crimes.
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