We're grateful for author Gaius bringing mention of this to the fore. However, the major component is absent - the adhesive, the Super-Glu binding these frauds together under a cloak of "public service" is Peter G. Peterson, one of the grand masters of the Conspiracy:
Chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations. We do not count him among America's greatest allies or patriots. Certainly no friend of individual liberty!
The
Campaign to Fix the Debt is the latest incarnation of a decades-long effort by former Nixon man turned Wall Street billionaire
Pete Peterson to slash earned benefit programs such as
Social Security and
Medicare under the guise of fixing the nation's "debt problem." Through this special report -- and in partnership with
The Nation magazine -- the Center for Media and Democracy exposes the funding, the leaders, the partner groups, and phony state "chapters" of this $60 million "astroturf supergroup," whose goal is to achieve a grand bargain on austerity by July 4, 2013.
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We urge you to see the beneficial interlocks that "Fix the Debt" has set up for their corporatist allies colluding with government at your expense. GO HERE
127 corporations that want to “Fix the Debt” by gutting your retirement
The CEOs of the following
corporations don’t think they have enough money — perhaps because they don’t have it all. So they got together a little group called “Fix the Debt” to cobble up some more. The source of their added wealth? Your government retirement and medical insurance programs. You know, Social Security and Medicare. ‘Cause all your money aren’t
yet belong to them;
you still have some left.
I wrote
about Fix the Debt earlier, the truly bipartisan group that wants Obama to do what
he also wants to do, reduce the safety net. The following is a list of corporations who are driven by their millionaire and billionaire CEOs to help him get ‘er done.
The source is the amazing group
SourceWatch. Also amazing — the list itself. Take a gander:
A
ACE Limited
Advance America
AES
Aetna
Air Products and Chemicals
Alcoa
Alliance for Business Leadership
Allstate
American International Group
AmericanTowns.com
Apollo Global Management
Ashford Hospitality Trust
Associated Partners
AT&T
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
B
Bain Capital
Bank of America Corp.
Bank of New York
Belk
BlackRock
Boeing
Boston Capital
Bridgestone
Broadridge Financial Solutions
C
CA Technologies
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Calix
CapWealth Advisors LLC
Carlyle Group
Case New Holland
Caterpillar
CCMP Capital
Cisco Inc.
Citigroup
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
Continental Grain Company
Cooper Industries
Corning Corporation
Corporate Executive Board Co.
Court Square
Covington & Burling
Cravath Swaine & Moore
CSX
|
C cont.
CVS Caremark
D
Daintree
Delaware Street Capital Company
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Delta Air Lines
Deutsche Bank
DIRECTV
Discovery Communications
Donnelley
Dow Chemical Company
Duke Energy
E
Eagle Capital Managment
Earthlink
Eaton Corporation
EBay
Eloqua, Inc.
Entravision Communications Corporation
F
Fedbid
Foot Locker, Inc.
G
General Electric
Glover Park Group
H
Honeywell
Humana
I
IAC/InterActiveCorp
Interaction Associates
Invesco, Ltd.
Investment Technology Group
J
JetBlue
John Deere
JPMorgan Chase
K
Kelly Services
Knight Capital Group
L
LinkedIn
Loews Corp.
M
M&T Bank
Macy’s
Marriott
Marsh & McLennan Companies
McKinsey & Company
Medco
Merck
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley |
M cont.
Motorola
N
NASDAQ OMX Group
Norfolk Southern
NYSE Euronext
P
Partnership for New York City
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
ProLogis
Providence Equity Partners LLC
Q
QUALCOMM
R
Ramsey Asset Management
Reputation.com
S
Simpson-Bowles Commission
SIRIUS Satellite Radio
Stanley Black & Decker
Staples
Starwood Hotels
State Farm
SunGard Data Systems Inc.
T
T Rowe Price
Tenneco
Terex Corporation
Textron
The Duchossois Group, Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Three Oceans Partners
Tishman Speyer
TiVo
U
United Parcel Service
UnitedHealth Group
V
VeriFone
Verizon Communications
Vornado Realty Trust
W
Weber Shandwick
Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe
Weyerhaeuser
Wheels, Inc.
Willis Group Holdings
WL Ross & Co., LLC
World Fuel Services
Wunderman
Y
Yahoo Inc. |
See anyone you recognize, or patronize? Their CEO told me to tell you Thanks.
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