US: Corporation vs People

The American people contribute nearly 80 percent of the country's tax revenue, yet corporations are the ones benefitting the most from it. Nomi Prins, author of "It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street," talks about how big business-backed lobbyists are calling the shots but for their own betterment.

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[toppgunn2232]

reublican or democrat they all work for the military industrial complex and central banks!

[jackcogswell]

Mainstream media is deliberately trying to keep the general public in the dark.An awful lot is going on in this country that is being ignored by the mainstream but sooner or later the people may come to realize that Washington is totally out of control.One can only hope that the real citizens will wake up and revolt be it peacefully or other ways.

[DickOPlenty]

nomi used to worked for goldman sachs. now she's redeemed

[SapphireDiamond19]

CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE?? REALLY? IF CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE THEN THEY NEED TO TAKE THE RESPONBILIES OF BEING PEOPLE SUCH AS TAKING RESPONSIBLITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND SENDING THEM TO PRISON WhEN THEY BREAK THE LAW IF CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE THEN I WOULD LABEL THESE PEOPLE GREEDY, UNTRUSTWORTHY, LACK OF COMPASSION, COLD HEARTED JUST A PLAIN PSYCHOPATHIC NUTCASE IF CORPORATIONS WANT TO BE LABELED PEOPLE THEN PAY TAXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­­!!!!!!!!!!!

[Johnathan W]

"Corporations are people, my friend." Duh!

[knglerxst]

This woman makes the most sense of anyone I've heard talking about the current economic situation. Her book will be the next one I read. 

[Mer ocean]

The Four Horsemen of Banking (Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo) own the Four Horsemen of Oil (Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch/Shell, BP and Chevron Texaco); in tandem with Deutsche Bank, BNP, Barclays and other European old money behemoths. But their monopoly over the global economy does not end at the edge of the oil patch.According to company 10K filings to the SEC, the Four Horsemen of Banking are among the top ten stock holders of virtually every Fortune 500 corporation

[akatsuki777member]

YES SIR!!! BOMB THE FEDERAL RESERVE!!

[juujuuuujj]

3:35 - Sorry, Libertarians, listen to this and then try to explain where this 35% corporate tax number comes from. Only 9% of the budget comes from corporations.