[Peace-discuss] FW: Political Phonies

[David Johnson]

Dear Friends,

 

The Decatur television news program announced a visit by Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth that had already taken place. There was no rally, no inside news coverage, no ordinary voters invited, only the usual corporate palm greasing ceremony from one of America's sleaziest corporations; Archer Daniels Midland Company.  

 

The Duckworth campaign has reached out to IL activists for donations to her campaign and I was one of them who donated with the hope of getting rid of incumbent, Mark Kirk. I did not expect to be invited to meet Duckworth but an open forum with questions and answers would have went a long way for my continued support. If Duckworth's outreach for money and support is to be successful she needs to reach out to voters, supporters, and those she is suppose to represent.

 

Her brief statement at the end of the meeting with the rich and devious said it all, and it was troubling. The gist of her remarks was slobbering on ADM and how "we need invest in corporations who provide good jobs".  When you digest that comment, questions are raised. "Invest in corporations" is political doublespeak for massive tax breaks, ethanol subsidies, and allowing them to ignore playing by the rules. Share holders "invests" in ADM and rake in the gold for it. Decatur gets their pollution, their control over city government and the numerous deaths of employees through OSHA violations, not to mention constant labor turmoil due to ADM anti-union sentiments. Then there is the numerous black-eyes Decatur gets after ADM is embroiled in one corruption scandal after another.

 

The national mantra that somehow we need to pay corporations to provide jobs is a subject that goes far beyond Duckworth.  It is the mantra of the overwhelming majority on both sides of the aisle. How about "we provide the labor that produces the profits.  The evil of this mantra has created the greatest disparity of wealth in US history and the greatest social divide.

 

It is abundantly clear that Duckworth is in lockstep with the mantra and in her visit to Decatur she met with the only supporter that mattered to a seasoned corporate lacky.

 

Mike Griffin

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