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New projections of a federal budget surplus have left Washington abuzz with proposals on how the government should allocate hundreds of billions of dollars. Strikingly absent from the debate are recommendations to revitalize our commonwealth by investing in a public works program. At no time in recent history has a program to construct, rebuild or…
For years, consumer activists have asked Al Gore to reverse the U.S. policy of punishing developing country governments that tried to make essential medicines more affordable for sick people. And Gore ignored the calls. Matters suddenly changed on June 16 when a small group of AIDS activists began clamoring and demonstrating at events by Vice…
July 19, 1999 President William ClintonThe White HouseWashington, D.C. 20500 The Honorable Trent LottMajority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Dennis HastertSpeakerHouse of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Richard GephardtMinority LeaderHouse of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Gentlemen: New projections of a federal government budget surplus have left Washington aswirl with proposals on how…
It’s a dream media world for Ralf Hotchkiss. When he travels around the United States, television crews meet and follow him. Hordes of reporters attend his events and press conferences. He is on the special invitation lists for the White House, Park Avenue and Beverly Hills extravaganzas, including the Academy Awards Gala and Presidential Inaugurations.…
July 15, 1999 The Honorable Trent LottMajority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Dennis HastertSpeakerHouse of RepresentativesWashington, DC 20515 The Honorable Tom DaschleMinority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 The Honorable Richard GephardtMinority LeaderHouse of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Gentlemen: The business of the United States Senate this week has been reforming HMOs, but…
Ever wonder why radio generally has become so canned, flat and insipid, bereft of local news, and stuffed with commercials, mercantile values, and the same old, tired junk? Not to mention the downright offensiveness of Howard Stern and the other shock jocks? First, for years, more than 90 percent of all radio time is composed…
The first-ever Congressional hearings critical of corporate welfare the hundreds of billions of dollars given annually in subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, tax escapes, etc. were held June 30th by House Budget Committee Chairman John Kasich (R-Ohio). And most of the major media organizations did not show up. But C-SPAN did and relayed a remarkable array of…
Testimony of Ralph Nader on Corporate Welfare Before the Committee on the Budget, U. S. House of Representatives, June 30, 1999
President William J. Clinton Vice President Albert Gore, Jr. The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Clinton and Vice President Gore: The extent of your betrayal of consumers and small businesses over Y2K liability legislation is shocking. By capitulating completely to the excessive demands of wealthy high-tech companies, like IBM, Intel and Microsoft, and…
It happens week after week in the nation’s capitol and often goes unnoticed by the media. After suffering a family tragedy, due to a preventable act of corporate negligence a group of Americans find one another in their grief and travel to Washington, hold a press conference with a supportive safety group, and visit their…