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Such corporate actions only exacerbate the current tremendous imbalance between the political resources of business interests and those of consumer and citizen activists. According to Harvey Shulman, former executive director of Media Access Project, a public interest law firm in Washington...
...great sums of money flow from the industry spigot to persuade the public or legislators to adopt an industry solution to a problem, while in contrast, few dollars ever trickle from the consumers' faucet...
...company ran an advertisement arguing for limited product liability laws, urging people to "Write a letter to your legislators. Be heard." Such action seems to be grassroots lobbying according to the IRS tax code which prohibits the deduction of expenses "in connection with any attempt to influence the general public...with respect to legislative matters..." In a letter to the subcommittee, however, the company denied conducting grassroots lobbying; it presumably deducted the costs of the advertisement. The American taxpayer thus footed some of the costs of this company's political advocacy...
...extent of corporate political power is a serious problem and it must be acknowledged if we are to deal with it effectively. There are, however, no easy solutions. Business does have the right to get its views across. Some first steps that have suggested are federal chartering of corporations, public financing of Congressional elections and strict lobbying disclosure laws. It seems clear that something must be done. We must not allow corporations, by virtue of their special financial status, to dominate access to the media, to the electoral process and to our politicians. We must not allow the voices...
...refused to debate the divestiture issue with students for more than the 15 minutes he allotted them at the open meeting sponsored by the Student Assembly. Perhaps he is worried that students may spoil the atmosphere for "reasoned debate" with catcalls and insults. A public discussion with Tsongas, however, would provide Bok an atmosphere more acceptable...