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Cutting Corporate Welfare Paperback – October 3, 2000

by Ralph Nader (Author), Winona LaDuke (Foreword)
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In this groundbreaking pamphlet, based on testimony he delivered before Congress, Ralph Nader describes how corporations are picking our pockets, and what we can do to stop them.
While the United States continues to experience unprecedented cuts in social service programs and millions of Americans go without health insurance, massive corporations continue to reap huge sums of taxpayer money through "corporate welfare"—corporate subsidies, bailouts, giveaways, and tax escapes. Cutting Corporate Welfare details numerous appalling examples of corporate welfare, including: the giveaway of the public airwaves, which by definition belong to the people, to private radio and television stations (including the latest $70 billion gift of the digital spectrum); taxpayer subsidies for giant defense corporation mergers and commercial weapons exports to governments overseas; and the practice of making patients pay twice for drugs—first, as taxpayers subsidize the drugs’ development, and again, as patients, after the federal government gives monopolistic control over the chemical’s manufacture to a price-gouging drug company.
Cutting Corporate Welfare sounds a wake-up call for those concerned about how we are being pick-pocketed by big business, and what we can do to stop it.
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  1. Print length
    96 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Seven Stories Press
  4. Publication date
    October 3, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    4.26 x 0.31 x 6.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    158322033X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1583220337
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Born in Connecticut in 1934, RALPH NADER has spent his lifetime challenging corporations and government agencies to be more accountable to the public. His 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed permanently altered the course of a reckless U.S. automobile industry and made Nader a household name. His lobbying and writing on the food industry helped to ensure that the food we buy is required to pass strict guidelines before reaching the consumer. One of Nader’s greatest achievements was his successful lobbying for a 1974 amendment to the Freedom of Information Act, which gave increased public access to government documents. Over the years he has co-founded the public interest groups Public Citizen, Critical Mass, Commercial Alert, and the Center for the Study of Responsive Law. His 2000 presidential campaign on the Green Party ticket served to broaden the scope of debate on the nation’s priorities. Named by the Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, Nader continues to be a relentless advocate for grassroots activism and democratic change. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Seven Stories Press; First Edition (October 3, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 158322033X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1583220337
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.26 x 0.31 x 6.75 inches
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Ralph Nader

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Named by The Atlantic as one of the hundred most influential figures in American history, and by Time and Life magazines as one of the most influential Americans of the twentieth century, Ralph Nader has helped us drive safer cars, eat healthier food, breathe better air, drink cleaner water, and work in safer environments for more than four decades.

The crusading attorney first made headlines in 1965 with his book Unsafe at Any Speed, a scathing indictment that lambasted the auto industry for producing unsafe vehicles. The book led to congressional hearings and automobile safety laws passed in 1966, including the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. He was instrumental in the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC), and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA). Many lives have been saved by Nader's involvement in the recall of millions of unsafe consumer products, including defective motor vehicles, and in the protection of laborers and the environment. By starting dozens of citizen groups, Ralph Nader has created an atmosphere of corporate and governmental accountability.

Ralph Nader's most recent books include, Wrecking America (with Mark Green) the Nader Family Cookbook, How the Rats Vetoed Congress, and Breaking Through Power.

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Bob B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Dated, but worth it.
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2013
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Read anything by Ralph Nader. He tells us what is going on.

Actually, this book may have been the creation of the concept of "Corporate Welfare", a notion we now see appropriately used to analyze events.
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Keith
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Read
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2014
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Excellent read. This is the handbook for all the BS you always suspected.
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jem
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent description of Corporate Welfare in America
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2013
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The greed of Corporate America is destroying this country, and infecting the world. Ralph Nader has well described how middle America is 'paying' for this Corporate rape of our citizens.
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"jessegordon"
5.0 out of 5 stars A campaign book we'd like to see more like
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2000
I guess you'd have to call this a campaign book, since Nader was running for president when it was published. But if we had more campaign books like this, presidential campaigns would be much better indeed, because it's a substantive book with real convictions and real recommendations.
Nader coined the term "corporate welfare" in 1956, before he became famous for attacking General Motors, and it's been a pet topic of his ever since. It means, basically, government spending of any kind whatsoever that has the effect of benefiting corporations.
Some government give-aways are obvious, like the $70 billion in lost revenue from the 1996 Telecommunications Act, when the feds gave big broadcasters a new broadcast spectrum for free, instead of auctioning it off. Nader says this is because broadcasters contribute heavily to political campaigns; and that's the essence of his view, that all corporate welfare is based on campaign kickbacks.
But some government give-aways are a lot less obvious. It's impressive how Nader can apply that specific a concept to such a wide array of policy issues. (He can do this successfully because he has spent the last 45 years thinking about little else. When an interviewer asked him what he likes to do with his free time, he responded, "I like to visit a meat-processing plant. Or a coal mine.)
The problem, as Nader sees it, is that government giveaways to corporations are repaid by campaign donations, so the politicians who support the corporate welfare get corporate support back for their re-election, and the cycle continues indefinitely. This is what Nader meant when he called Gore & Bush "tweedledum and tweedledee", with no substantive differences between them. When pressed, Nader conceded that Gore & Bush DID differ on the issues, but he says that the only REAL difference is which corporations support Gore versus which support Bush. They both kowtow equally, says Nader, and that's the source of inherent corruption.
This book is never going to have the impact of Nader's 1960s classic "Unsafe at Any Speed," which basically gave bith to the consumer safety industry. But it DOES address a resonant chord in the American electorate, as we saw with John McCain's immense popularity. McCain addressed the same basic issues of campaign finance problems (and in fact was one of the few Senate opponents of that 1996 Telecomm Act), but without the deeper underpinning that Nader presents.
Some examples of Nader's applications of misuse of government resources on corporate welfare:
* Subsidizing defense industry mergers
* Pork-barrel highway projects
* "Export assistance" to big companies
* Tax holidays for sports stadiums
* Corporate tax loopholes
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Traveller
3.0 out of 5 stars Made you think about corporate fat and corruption, but.....
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2003
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I think Mr. Nader is a little too much of an idealist. There are drawbacks to every system of government and every type of economy. In this book Nader points out a lot of waste that the government participates in and he makes some suggestions on how to clean things up. I don't regret reading the book at all (it was a very quick and easy read), as I feel I have learned a lot from it, but I think that Nader has to realize that we don't live in Utopia. Judging from the current world order, it appears that capitalism is the most successful economic model. But capitalism, like ever other system, is not perfect and Nader wants it to be.
An interesting read for those who believe in the American way but want to get a glimpse into some of the negatives that Nader and his guys feel need some improvement. Books like this need to be written because it forces people to take a closer look at some of the government waste and the sometimes shady corporate/government partnerships. But I don't think that Nader's solutions are very practical politically nor will they be easily implemented.
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Bob Berkowitz
5.0 out of 5 stars Ralph Nader is the best man for the job.
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2001
Ralph Nader has intelligence, convictions, heart, and character. More of what I can say of Bush and Gore, not sending any sublinibabalbal messages of course. It would sure be nice to see a modern American political have the guts and courage Nader has to STAND UP TO SPECIAL INTERESTS! What a concept! In his book, Nader brilliantly writes about corporate greed and welfare and who suffers??? We do! The working man, the people. Wonder why only 49% of the American people vote? Leaving mostly the poor and lower classes left behind? Could it be that the Republicans and Democrats don't respond to their issues? These book is useful for those of us that love our nation but don't want to see it become the corporate welfare state it is oh so quickly becoming. An excellent read.
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