Well Dick, I suppose that I might say that because we live in a
heterogeneous world with many people having different values, that I have no
right to judge people's actions. But I have the values that I have and I
live in a country that purports to be democratic and to offer a home to "the
huddled masses". Therefore, I believe that while American business owners
and corporations have a right under our system to make a reasonable profit,
they do not have a right to cheat the public or despoil the environment or
hide their profits offshore. They do not have a right to use their wealth in
order to rig the political system so that they can cheat the public more
efficiently. They have obligations to the public because the government,
which is a government of the people, has chartered them to do business here.
Miriam
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R. E. Driscoll Sr
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 6:23 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Koch "Alliance" on Criminal Justice Reform
Exposed as Trojan Horse
All:
We make the continuous error in our assumption that all who do not think in
the same manner as we do are amoral not simply different than us.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
On 11/29/2015 3:41 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
Dick, does immoral have meaning when one has no morals to begin
with?
Frank
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of R. E. Driscoll Sr
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2015 3:43 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Koch "Alliance" on Criminal Justice
Reform Exposed as Trojan Horse
All:
Is this an unexpected or immoral goal on the part of the Koch
Brothers?
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
On 11/29/2015 12:53 PM, Miriam Vieni 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)
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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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