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"Dug yourself into a hole? The very first thing to do is quit digging" --old Texas saying
December's Lowdown
Corporate elites and their small-minded political servants are creating the Incredibly Shrinking America
"We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." What a paragraph! This sparse, 52-word opening of our Constitution did not merely launch a fledgling nation--but a bold experiment in democratic idealism.
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The buying of the government 2004 (Part 1)
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- Growing up with your chip
- Merck execs' bailout loot
- One economic factor rising
- Hot peppers and 4-year tacos
- Your right to sue threatened
- Name that school!
- Growing up with your chip
- Merck execs' bailout loot
- One economic factor rising
- Hot peppers and 4-year tacos
- Your right to sue threatened
- Name that school!
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Your right to sue threatened
High on Bush & Co.'s agenda is "tort reform." The "crisis" is that you unruly citizens are treating big corporations unfairly, constantly filing "frivolous lawsuits" against them. So, to protect the poor corporations, Bush says he must limit your access to America's courts.
But a survey by the consumer group, Public Citizen, reveals that American businesses file about four times as many lawsuits as do individuals—even though there are 40 times more individuals in America than businesses—and that corporations file frivolous lawsuits 69 percent more often than individuals do.
Corporate lawyers sue customers, competitors, suppliers, workers, and anyone else standing between their client and another dollar bill. Regular folks count on trial lawyers who pay the up-front costs of getting us to trial, and only get paid if we win. This provides the best access to the judicial system poor and middle-class families can get.
To get this survey and fight for your rights, call Public Citizen: 202-454-5104.