I was watching the news last night about the G20 and wondering why there were no OWS protests. Then I get an email from Avaaz this morning with this. Yet another example of the way Gov now serves corporations and not the people who elected it or the society it's supposed to be managing.
Here's the key paras The line between corporate power and responsible government has steadily blurred, undermining our democracies and our economy. Politicians take money from corporations for their campaigns, make policies that reward them when in office, and then take high-paid jobs with them after they leave. It's corruption, plain and simple.
Now Société Générale, a French bank that received a public bailout and has a vested interest in Europe's financial policy, is an official sponsor of the summit. Insiders have told Avaaz that this bank and 20 other corporations have paid large sums of money in sponsorship for a seat at the table of our governments.
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