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Wait, I thought the government was bought by corporations?
by happyscrappy 11y ago
Wait, I thought the government was bought by corporations?
- gtaylor 11y agoThere are numerous corporations that would be negatively impacted by this trade deal. It's not a white-and-black "all corporations would love this deal" type situation.
- happyscrappy 11y agoSo corporations control the government but more are negatively affected by TTIP so it didn't pass? This is stretching the bounds of logic.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoI don't know the details on this particular case, but its not on the face of it ridiculous. Currently, European oil and gas corporations are pushing for a carbon tax. The reason is that they think they'd displace a lot of coal usage if both where priced accurately. In the US the coal lobby is currently stronger than the gas lobby (even with cracking). Corporations compete, even in lobbying, sometimes this leads to surprisingly positive sounding outcome. (I say "sounding" as its not clear if the worse-than-carbon-for-climate-change methane that gas production produces would be costed properly if gas companies are driving the "carbon" tax)
- NoMoreNicksLeft 11y agoThey have a leash on the dog, but once in awhile it acts up. Give them a few months, they'll have it in line.