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Today, President George W. Bush showed the nation a cruel ignorance. 80,000 people will die and hundreds of thousands will be seriously injured this year at the hands of negligent or incompetent physicians and hospitals. President Bush ignored their suffering, and the evidence showing how vital are medical malpractice lawsuits in preventing a worsening of…
Read More“Big Brother isn’t coming. He’s already here.” That is the warning issued in an advertisement in today’s New York Times. The advertisement was taken out by a broad coalition of individuals, including consumer advocate Ralph Nader, Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Ralph Neas of People for the American Way, Joan Claybrook of…
Read MoreRalph Nader today commended Senator Paul Wellstone for his introduction of legislation designed to directly empower citizens in the fight against corporate crime. Nader predicted that the bill – the Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association Act (S. 3143) – if enacted, will “usher in a new era of governmental and corporate accountability which will provide…
Read MoreControl of our social institutions, our government, and our political system is presently in the hands of a self-serving, powerful few, known as an oligarchy, which too often has excluded citizens from the process. Our political system has degenerated into a government of the power brokers, by the power brokers, and for the power brokers, and is…
Read MoreFrom The American Prospect Publication Date: 25-MAR-02 THE ENRON SUPERMARKET OF CORPORATE crime, fraud, and abuse has engendered its own media frenzy and congressional investigative momentum to document the wrongdoing and the harm to innocents; it will likely also stimulate civil lawsuits and criminal prosecutions. The question that remains is whether federal and state governments…
Read MoreJudge Colleen Kollar-KotellyUnited States District Court for the District of Columbia333 Constitution Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20001 RE: US v. Microsoft proposed final order Dear Judge Kollar-Kotelly, Introduction Having examined the proposed consent final judgment for USA versus Microsoft, we offer the following initial comments. We note at the outset that the decision to push for…
Read MoreThis year marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, one of the great blows to American democracy. The Act, which was drafted by employers, fundamentally infringed on workers’ human rights. Legally, it impeded employees’ right to join together in labor unions, it undermined the power of unions to represent workers’ interests…
Read MoreGovernor George PatakiState CapitolAlbany, NY 12224 Mayor Rudolph GiulianiCity HallNew York, NY 10007 Dear Governor Pataki and Mayor Giuliani: The New York State and City decision to grant a series of subsidies, now expected to total more than $1 billion, to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ranks as one of the most foolish and…
Read MoreHonorable Alan Greenspan Chairman Federal Reserve Board Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Chairman, Your testimony before the Senate Budget Committee on January 25 once again raises serious questions about the immense political and economic power that the Federal Reserve Board has assumed for itself over the entire nation, from the poorest to the wealthiest citizen.…
Read MoreTestimony of Ralph Nader on THE HOUSING FINANCE REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Securities, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Committee on Banking and Financial Services, June 15, 2000 Mr. NADER. Thank you very much, Chairman Baker and Members of the Subcommittee: I am quite pleased that you are holding this…
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