War Profiteering and US Companies Doing Business with Terrorists
last updated 2004-10-25
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
Arms sellers, oil tycoons, and reconstruction companies benefit from war and worse, are on U.S. policy boards that advise the President. Vice President Cheney's Halliburton are given 5 year no-bid contracts and profit from war. Halliburton sets up offshore and United Kingdom subsidiaries to sidestep U.S. laws against doing business with Iran and Syria. President Bush's father sells weapons to England and the U.S. for the Carlysle Group that the Bin Ladin's invested in.
See The Nation, War Profiteering
War profiteering affects the U.S. economy
Rebuilding Iraq - The Contractors
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U.S. Campaign System hurts the Economy
last updated 2004-05-31
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
Billionaires for Bush humorously details how the current campaign system works. See Campaign Money Watch for news of legislation written by big money lobbyists. Read about the Bush Pioneer & Ranger Donors' paybacks from the Bush administration. A dozen big oil companies, including one once headed by Commerce Secretary Don Evans, now control one-quarter of all federal lands leased for oil and gas development in the continental United States despite a law intended to prevent such concentration. The current U.S. campaign system is harmful to the U.S. economy, creates media bias, harms the environment, and corrupts government.
See OpenSecrets.org Tracking the Payback
Open Secrets - State Data
Federal Elections Commission
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Economic Prosperity depends on Environmental Conservation
last updated 2004-05-20
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
Civilization will collapse if the Bush race to deplete oil resources continues. Oil is needed to develop alternative energy sources. A gusher of government giveaways to the oil industry mean that alternative energy cannot complete on a level playing field to gain a foothold. This administration's economic and environmental policies spell disaster for our economy and modern civilization.
See Global Sources of Oil
Easter Island inhabitants used up their trees.
White House study: benefits of environmental regulation far outweigh costs
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U.S. News Media Bias
last updated 2004-05-06
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
U.S. TV news media are the biggest benefactor of the current campaign system because candidates must buy TV ads to win elections. Therefore TV media in turn gives favorable coverage and makes large donations to the campaigns of politicians who vote against campaign finance reform, and FCC government policies have given a few large media corporations control over American media law. American news coverage is biased. and censored
See Fair.Org Power Sources Report
Anti-terrorism Questions that Weren't Asked
A Global Network for Democratic Media
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Record Government Deficits Endanger U.S. Economy
last updated 2004-01-28
by kathy@truthisbetter.org
US Federal government deficits endanger our long-term economy and the worth of the US dollar.
See Congressional Budget Office Projects Record Deficits
Misperceptions Abound - Government Economic Policies
Republicans Warn Bush on Spending, Deficits
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