Special Guest: Congressman Pete Stark of California, House Committee on Ways and Means
Halliburton overcharges taxpayers billions while Dick Cheney pockets the profits.
Enron execs literally cheer, as they rape California while it burns.
Republican corporate contributors receive a hundred times return on their bribery investment. Owning a Congressman is so much cheaper and more lucrative than paying workers a decent wage.
Now what?
Well, tonight, in the early hours of the morning when most everyone is asleep, the Republican Congress is set to give away $140 billion of your taxpayer money -- three times the amount given in welfare to the US poor annually -- to line the gilt pockets of multi-millionaire CEOs. The money is meant to encourage corporations to outsource jobs abroad. And it will all come out of your paycheck.
That is, unless you call your Member of Congress to stop it.
Learn the facts on today's INSIDE SCOOP.
I find it morally reprehensible that corporate fat cats can line their pockets with tax cut money in amounts that could pay for two Iraqi Wars while U.S. soldiers kill and die and get f'd up and get their ETS's cancelled and families of U.S. soldiers have to have garage sales to get body armor to their relatives overseas. Draft CEO's of large corporations and have them point out in military operations and see how long we continue to have needless wars of misdirected reprisal.
Posted by: G. I. Joe at June 17, 2004 10:32 AMWhen will this administration have their feet held to the fire in a debate? It will be like putting them on the witness stand with the American Public as the jury. This is why my personal pick for VP would be Edwards. He'll treat Cheney (a better liar than GW) like the corrupt fat-cat racketeer that he is.
Thanks for another great show,
RM NYC
What's the name and/or number of the bill? I'd like to be sure people know exactly which crooked bill to stop. ;)
Posted by: Jon_Roth at June 17, 2004 3:33 PMGood question, Jon.
The bill number is H.R. 4520 in the House
with its title: "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004".
In the Senate, its bill number is S. 1637 and its title is "Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act".
But you don't have to remember the cutesy names. Say the pork bill passed by the House today claiming to be a jobs bill. They'll know what you mean.
Call your Member of Congress or Senator by dialing 202-225-3121. That's the Capitol Switchboard. Just give the operator the name of your Member of Congress and then, when they ring you through, ask for the staffer who handles tax matters. Ask how your Member of Congress voted on the bill, register your disgust/praise and urge he/she to vote against the bill when it comes up again after the House-Senate conference.
Tell them you think _________(education? buying up loose nukes? the environment?) is more important than more corporate welfare and tax subsidies to take jobs abroad.
Posted by: Mark Levine at June 17, 2004 4:27 PMI think that maybe some of these crooks are getting a little worried that the people are going to take back the presidency. Now there basic looting all they can before the'r man is out of office. The Bush administation always uses misleading names for it's "Raping of America". Like any dictatorship, the Bushites uses propaganda to fool the masses.
If we the people loose this election I really feel that America could be in real danger, and the middle class may be doomed. Sounds grim but we have hope as long as we have the will to fight this corporate take over and get Democrats elected to office.
Yes Rik, it would become a "Brave New World"--twenty years late--where lies disguise the truth and meaning becomes meaningless in its abtstractness(Sorta like whatever the Bush administration says these days)--As I visualize Ashcroft and Rumsfeld as Animal Farm pigs, they are hindered as they try to express themselves with hoofs instead of hands.
Posted by: George Orwell at June 18, 2004 10:04 AM