Feed the RGAs political-favor-meter with $250,000 a year (as Coca-Cola, the Koch brothers, and others do), and the association cynically anoints your corporation with the ironic title of Statesman, opening up gubernatorial doors throughout the country. Well, sniff the participants, the money buys nothing but access to policymakers. But wait -- when was that access put on the auction block? Shouldnt everyone have access to our public officials? Of course, but call your governor and see if you can even get an office intern to call back. If youre an RGA corporate Statesman, however, you could get a tete-a-tete with Rick Perry, the recently indicted governor of Texas, or a private breakfast with Bob McDonnell, the now-convicted former-governor of Virginia. See, membership in the corrupt club has its privileges. Now lets call the roll of some of the privileged corporate dreamers that were pulling the wool over our eyes, hoping we would slumber in ignorance: Aetna, Aflac, Blue Cross, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Exxon Mobil, Hewlett-Packard, Koch Industries, Microsoft, Novartis, Pfizer, Shell Oil, United Health, Verizon, Walgreens and Wal-Mart.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 16:33:25 +0000
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