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Corporations rule the world, claims Thom Hartmann, and they are despoiling it for profit. He traces the historical friction between individual rights and the corporation, culminating in a landmark 1886 court case that altered the course of constitutional protection forever. Since then, corporations have steadily acquired power, enrolled the average citizen in a new kind of servitude, shifted an unfair share of the tax burden, taken control of the media, and co-opted the regulatory process for their own purposes. Hartmann cites examples of the absurd and frightening power: sterile streams and undrinkable water, poisonous neighborhoods, a government's willingness to drill for oil in untouched Alaskan wilderness when saving 2 miles per gallon per car would produce more oil in 2 years than in all of Alaska. To end the abuses, Hartmann calls for a grassroots revolution. He says it's time to understand the true costs of our consumerist society, take back the government, and shift to a values-based economy.
Customer Reviews:
Corporate Power, where did it come from? .......2007-07-13
I was actually in the process of writing a book about the same subject matter when I became aware of Mr. Hartmann's book. After reading this book I conclude that Mr. Hartmann beat me to it and has done a more thorough job than would have satisfied me. It is a very important matter and threatens to change our nation in fundamental ways. A shortcoming in Mr. Hartmann's book is the weakness of his proposed solutions. I have proposed to Mr. Hartmann actions which I think would be more effective in the long haul. I am searching for an existing organization having the sole goal of putting back in their place those corporations which are usurping the power given We the People by the Constitution. I'm too old to form a new orgnization and those I have learned of are not sufficiently focused.
This book changed my life.......2007-05-10
I read this book and have been a Thom Hartman fan ever since.
He is brilliant and packed with knowledge.
Everyone needs to read this book!
Check out his radio show.
Gives the insde on the need to rationalize corporations.......2007-04-08
Going into the Freedom Portal (Free State) I had doubts about the morality, perhaps even the constitutionality, of corporations.
What, after all, is a corporation?
American Heritage says: "a) A body of persons granted a
charter legally recognizing them as a separate entity having
its own rights, privileges, and liabilities distinct from those
of its members. b) Such a body created for purposes of
government."
Now isn't the b) part of that definition interesting? At the very least we know corporations are creatures of the government and do not exist at common law.
Thomas Hartmann, a true modern lower-case democrat, writes that Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, and several other Founders warned strenuously against monopoly corporations:
"I hope we shall... crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country." --Thomas Jefferson to George Logan, 1816
And from Andrew Jackson:
"Corporations have neither bodies to kick nor souls to damn."
These conscientious men were worried about abuse of power. Early chartering of corporations in America reflects this concern, often imposing severe limitations--such as prohibiting corporations from owning other corporations and requiring annual renewal of the charters.
Many people do not realize the Boston Tea Party was a revolt against corporate privilege. Queen Elizabeth charted the East India Company (EIC) in 1600; into the 1700s it dominated trade by Britain with America. Tea became a huge import to America by the mid-1700s and EIC wanted all the business.
Several acts prohibited Americans from acquiring tea from other sources. In 1773, the Tea Act exempted EIC (of which the king was a stockholder), but not colonial merchants, from taxes to the crown. The tea partiers were telling the Crown and the EIC stick their cheap tea where the sun don't shine.
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Unequal Protection:the rise of corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights.......2006-11-10
A call to all fair minded Americans, as well as citizens around the globe.
One of Thom Hartmann's BEST. A history lesson and a call to reclaim our humanity.
'The' book to read on the issue of the role of corporate power in the US.......2006-04-30
Disclaimer: I'm a bit more than half through the book - and ready to comment on it.
I read quite a few books on liberal politics. This one is on a very short 'best' list of them.
It hits its mark right on - just the right amounts of history, the scope of its message, the gritty details when needed, the pacing.
I began to learn new details on well-trodden ground early in the book - for example, who knew that the pilgrims arriving on the Mayflower in 1620 were hardly England beginning its presence in North America - that it was the Mayflower's third or fourth trip carrying over staff of the East India company since 1601 - it was a company presence, the religious visitors were an afterthought.
He does an outstanding job of explaining the dominant role of colonists' opposition to the East India company in our own resolution. It's important to understand these things when we look at how to respond to powerful corporations today.
He does an excellent, balanced expose of the history of the legal doctrine that corporations are entitled to equality with humans.
The ramifications are huge, as today we face a political system in which the influence of our citizens is dwarfed by that of the inhuman organizations - where the citizens are turned into consumers to be sold to and manipulated with well-funded marketing, rather than acting as the sovereigns necessary for a democracy to work well.
If we don't begin to do something now, the chances may begin to disappear to be able to. Even now, we have democracy's power to represent its people castrated by clauses in the so-called 'free trade' agreements which allow the corporations to get all kinds of laws nullified.
I highly recommend the book.
Book Description
Simple forms that protect and save money for you and your family.
Admit it. You have been thinking about getting together all the documents you need to protect yourself and your family should something unexpected happen. But the thought of the time it would take and the amount of work involved has just seemed like too much. Not anymore.
The Easy Will and Living Will Kit provides all the documents you need in one place. In just minutes, you can follow the simple steps it takes to prepare your will, living will and powers of attorney. Begin by choosing the will form that is right for you.
Every form is ready-to-use and modifiable for your needs.
Putting your affairs in order has never been easier.
Customer Reviews:
As simple and painless as it gets--.......2006-08-30
Sooner or later, most of us realize that we need to put our financial houses in order. This manual makes writing a will and working out end-of-life health,legal, and financial issues easier than you might expect--all the essential forms and instructions are in one place, with forms on an accompanying CD-ROM. Moving the process along are the real-life examples that demystify the processes of preparing a valid will, completing a legally sound health care advance directive, and putting a financial power of attorney in place. The manual's Q&As are particularly helpful, as is a running "conversation with your attorney" that offers insight into what a typical first visit to a lawyer might involve. Similar references are long on legal documents, short on simple English, and just plain dull. I highly recommend this manual to get you off your duff and planning to avoid the many pitfalls that await those who don't make their wishes known about these critical issues.
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TurboTax products used by over ten million filersare #1 rated, bestselling year after year! Now available for the first time: an official exclusive tax guide based on the leading name in tax preparation software. The TurboTax 2006 Income Tax Handbook provides filers with guidance to claim all the deductions they deserve, from mortgages and charitable contributions to medical expenses, education credits, and more. Easy-to-use, with the most up-to-date information, this handbook contains everything a filer needs to save time and money. Features: Hundreds of tax tips, expert tax advice, discussion of the Alternative Minimum Tax, and information about important tax changes Includes taxpayers most frequent questions and concerns found in no other tax guide! Complete, authoritative and jargon free: easy enough for even first-time filers to understand and apply Written by the nations top tax experts.
Customer Reviews:
Tough to NAVIGATE!!!!.......2006-04-28
I have used Turbo Tax since 2002. It is 2006 and I would have thought they would pay more attention to navigation problems. Now I am compelled to say something. Inevitably, each year it is a different problem. They need a QA team. So I tell it to import my info from Fidelity, it seems to run fine. I am pleased. I could not get it to import from another firm, HarrisDirect. So I hit Done so I can enter things manually. Then I get a password for another firm so I try to go back to the import screen but it isn't there. So I hit import from the file menu. Then it puts me in HarrisDirect and will not let me out. When I hit Done, it appears to have lost my Fidelity info.
This is rediculus. I try calling but there is a 10 min wait. I try online chat but I get cut off.
Customer Reviews:
A must for the people who are trying to get finances managed.......2000-05-09
You will gain a lot, there is a great deal of information in this book, If you have decided to put your financial life back together this is the starting point. A MUST for the people who need help.
Happy in Irvine.......1999-12-21
I read the No-nonsense Credit Manual and found it very helpful in cleaning up the "wreckage of my past". It has helped me to better plan for the future and it's very easy to understand. Thanks for all the help.
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Easy to understand and full of useful and practical advice!.......1999-06-15
Shaun Aghili's "The No Nonsense Credit Manual" is by far the best do-it-yourself credit repair guide I've come across. He shares with his readers his own experience with credit disaster and the mistakes he made along the way. This book offers not only advice on getting yourself out of debt and cleaning up your credit, it also provides you with sample letters to send to creditors and credit bureaus for various situations. I found this book to be easy to understand and full of excellent advice. Whether you find yourself in "credit hell" or want to simply more knowledgeable about credit issues, this work is good reading.
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Privacy Rights Handbook
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
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SAFEGUARD YOUR PRIVACY IN AN AGE WHEN .BIG BROTHER. PROBABLY IS WATCHING
Your business has become big business. In our technologically advanced world, sensitive information about you--from your medical history to your net worth--can be collected without your knowledge and sold to the highest bidder that information may have been taken from records without your permission, or you may have unwittingly revealed it yourself in the course of a normal day. The good news is that you can fight back.
Beth Givens, founder of the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, gives you all the information you need to be aware of threats to your privacy and to be assertive about protecting it. Find out why your social security number is more revealing than you think, how 800 numbers and supermarket scanners can keep tabs on you, and what your employer can learn about you through your computer (and through the e-mail you thought you deleted.)
You.ll learn how to:
put an end to junk mail and telemarketing calls
keep your on-line activities hidden from prying eyes
find out what.s in your credit and medical reports (and correct damaging mistakes)
reduce the chances that someone will .steal. your identity
use the Freedom of Information Act to see what the government knows about you
and much more
Packed with up-to-date, useful addresses, telephone numbers, and web site addresses, THE PRIVACY RIGHTS HANDBOOK empowers you to choose when and how to let others on your business.
Customer Reviews:
Outstanding, but dated resource.......2003-04-01
This is an outstanding book. It offers a lot of really good advice and warnings. I loved it.
This book is very useful........1999-04-13
This book tells you everything you need to know about the legalities of your private life. It is especially useful in understanding what you boss can know and can't know about your privacy. You would be surprised to know what future employers can learn about you. Get it, learn your rights.
Extremely important, practical advice to protect your rights.......1999-02-07
Wow! Did you know your medical information soon may be available on the Internet?? This book gives great, easy to follow advice on protecting our Constitutional right to privacy. The necessary phone #s and addresses are included so you can ensure that your rights are protected. I checked this book out from the library but ended up purchasing a copy for myself and one for my mom because the book is a great reference tool.
Customer Reviews:
intelligent author and useful material.......2006-01-20
Let me first preface my review with the fact that the author's copyright date is 1997. This might deter the interests of some who desire the most up-to-the-minute knowledge of this topic, but the fact of the matter is that, when dealing with most books and strategies of this kind, it is in the prudent and in the time-tested that we find our most valuable resources and not in the most modern.
With that caution of the age of the material now set aside, I shall tell you the author writes competently, intelligently, and on a broad number of topics as they pertain to asset protection planning, including but not limited to: 1) limited liability companies, 2) foreign asset protection trusts, 3) family limited partnerships, 4) corporations, 5) the collection process, and 6) fraudulent transfers.
The book almost requires, or at the very least, would be easier to read, with an already thorough (or, at minimum, basic) understanding of the topics at hand. The author takes the liberty of 1) citing statutes, 2) discussing the highly technical legal aspects of various approaches, and 3) thoroughly analyzing, in appropriately complex language (without the use of excessive simplification or "dumbening" of the information) the topics he discusses, all in a way such that the vocabulary and strategies employed are more appropriate reading for accountants, attorneys, and those specialized in the field than for those who are just learning about the topic.
I am not a "friend" of the author, as so often happens to be the case with many reviews and reviewers, but rather an uninterested third party and independent analyzer. I rate the book 5 stars for 1) its complexity, 2) the intelligence of the author, 3) the broadness of the materials covered, and 4) its successful review of the topics the title of the book promises to cover. It is well-written and covers many of the essential elements of asset protection.
WHO MIGHT WANT TO WAIT BEFORE BUYING? If you're just learning about the topic, you might consider adding this to your "wish list" and buying it later; I suspect newcomers might find the material dry and excessively technical, but that is merely my opinion and if that sort of thing interests you, then more power to you.
Book Description
The average credit card debt per household is $7,500, and more than 1.6 million Americans file for bankruptcy each year. The American Bar Association Guide to Credit & Bankruptcy answers the questions people commonly ask lawyers about getting, keeping, and repairing credit.
• Includes major new requirements of the bankruptcy reform bill, in effect October 2005
• Topics include credit card debt, bankruptcy, and other forms of debt such as home mortgages, auto loans, and e-loans.
Customer Reviews:
good concise resource on credit issues.......2007-09-10
This is a succinct summary of a variety of credit related topics. It is easy to understand and suitable for a general overview of the topic. Written by the American Bar Association, an authoritative source.
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Digital Media & Intellectual Property: Management of Rights and Consumer Protection in a Comparative Analysis
Nicola Lucchi
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The book provides a comparative and comprehensive analysis of the current technical, commercial and economical development in digital media. It describes the impact of new business and distribution models, the current legal and regulatory framework, social practices and consumer expectations associated with the use, distribution, and control of digital media products. In particular, the author analyzes the anti-circumvention provisions for technological protection measures and digital rights management systems enacted in the United States and in Europe, and their impact on consumer protection policy. The book concludes with an overview of the effects, and the possible solutions, under U.S. and EU law, posed by using contractual arrangements to expand intellectual property rights.
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Living Will & Power of Attorney for Health Care Kit
Manufacturer: Socrates Media
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No one wants to think about the possibility of being permanently incapacitated and unable to communicate his or her health care preferences. With a living will, you can express, while still in good health, your choice of when to discontinue treatment and life support—and who should have the power to make that decision for you.
This simple-to-use kit contains detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and ready-to-use forms that will help you create your own living will without incurring costly legal fees, allowing you to enjoy your life today without worrying about the future.
14 FORMS INCLUDED: notice of death with dignity request instructions to custodian revocation of power of attorney resignation of agent affidavit of validity of power of attorney document locator personal information funeral requests statement of wishes notification list insurance/pension data sample living will living will durable power of attorney for health care PLUS: Download free state-specific documents, including state-specific living will and durable power of attorney for health care forms, once you've registered your kit online.
All contents reviewed and approved by attorneys or industry experts.
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- Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing (Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money & Investing)
- Wedding Chic: The Savvy Bride's Guide to Getting More While Spending Less
- What Went Wrong at Enron: Everyone's Guide to the Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History
- What Went Wrong at Enron: Everyone's Guide to the Largest Bankruptcy in U.S. History
- Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
- Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
- Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking
- You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader: How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference
- Your Complete Retirement Planning Road Map: The Leave-Nothing-to-Chance, Worry-Free, All-Systems-Go Guide
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