“Today, America and the world are once again moving towards authoritarianism — and the same right-wing forces of oligarchy, corporatism, nationalism, racism and xenophobia are on the march, pushing us to make the apocalyptically wrong choice that Europe made in the last century.”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“In the year 2019 the United States and the rest of the world face two very different political paths. On one hand, there is a growing movement towards oligarchy and authoritarianism in which a small number of incredibly wealthy and powerful billionaires own and control a significant part of the econ…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“When we talk about oligarchy, let us be clear about what we mean. Right now, in the United States of America, three families control more wealth than the bottom half of our country, some 160 million Americans. The top 1% own more wealth than the bottom 92% and 49% of all new income generated today g…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“If there was ever a moment when we needed to stand up and fight against the forces of oligarchy and authoritarianism, this is that time.”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“In the Lewis model of a dual economy, much of the low-wage sector has little influence over public policy. Check. The high-income sector will keep wages down in the other sector to provide cheap labor for its businesses. Check. Social control is used to keep the low-wage sector from challenging the…”— Lynn Paramore, Peter Temin, ineteconomics.org
“Its hard to find somebody in politics with the courgae to go against what's popular and do what they believe what will help people improve their lives.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“To have a free society it needs to be based on— you succeed by helping others improve their lives.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“These regulations setup a more static economy. So those that are in business are protected.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“The estimates I've seen is out of the $15 trillion economy, probably this corporate welfare and cronyism is costing the economy about $5 trillion.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“This two tiered society creates wellfare for the wealthy. And creates obsticles to opportunities to the disadvantaged.”— Charles Koch, youtube.com
“Corporate tycoons and financiers saw the potential. They bought – or took over – luxury companies and turned their sights on a new target audience: the middle market, that broad socioeconomic demographic. The idea, luxury executives explained, was to 'democratise' luxury, to make luxury 'accessible'…”— Dana Thomas, amazon.com
“The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his…”— David Sirota and Josh Keefe, ibtimes.com
“Hundreds of thousands of Americans are having their identities stolen and used to interfere in government decisions about whether internet service providers should be allowed to block apps, slow websites and charge fees for what people do online.”— Graham Lanktree, newsweek.com
“Killing net neutrality will: HURT small companies. HELP huge companies like AT&T, Verizon.”— Joseph Gordon-Levitt, twitter.com
“The success of America’s startup ecosystem depends on an open internet with enforceable net neutrality rules, ensuring that small companies can compete on a level playing field without the threat that their services will be discriminated against by big cable and wireless companies.”— StartUps For Net Neutrality, engine.is
“Yet again, Chairman Pai and the FCC are rewarding pay-to-play politics, ensuring that those with money have a seat at the table, and shutting everyone else out. Net neutrality protections ensure that the Internet remains open, fair, and equal for everyone. By dismantling these protections, we turn o…”— Tulsi Gabbard, gabbard.house.gov
“In recent years the internet has really become a place for people to spread non-media regulated information and for social justice movements to find their footing. I cannot stop thinking about how this is probably a huge huge reason why net neutrality has been on the chopping block so frequently lat…”— egberts, egberts.tumblr.com
“People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democrati…”— Friedrich Engels, en.wikiquote.org