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Books by and about 2020 presidential candidates |
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Crippled America,
by Donald J. Trump (2015) |
United,
by Cory Booker (2016) |
The Truths We Hold,
by Kamala Harris (2019) |
Smart on Crime,
by Kamala Harris (2010) |
Guide to Political Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2017) |
Where We Go From Here,
by Bernie Sanders (2018) |
Promise Me, Dad ,
by Joe Biden (2017) |
Conscience of a Conservative,
by Jeff Flake (2017) |
Two Paths,
by Gov. John Kasich (2017) |
Every Other Monday,
by Rep. John Kasich (2010) |
Courage is Contagious,
by John Kasich (1998) |
Shortest Way Home,
by Pete Buttigieg (2019) |
The Book of Joe ,
by Jeff Wilser (2019; biography of Joe Biden) |
Becoming,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Our Revolution,
by Bernie Sanders (2016) |
This Fight Is Our Fight,
by Elizabeth Warren (2017) |
Higher Loyalty,
by James Comey (2018) |
The Making of Donald Trump,
by David Cay Johnston (2017) |
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Books by and about the 2016 presidential election |
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What Happened ,
by Hillary Clinton (2017) |
Higher Loyalty ,
by James Comey (2018) |
Trump vs. Hillary On The Issues ,
by Jesse Gordon (2016) |
Hard Choices,
by Hillary Clinton (2014) |
Becoming ,
by Michelle Obama (2018) |
Outsider in the White House,
by Bernie Sanders (2015) |
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Book Reviews |
(from Amazon.com) |
(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)
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Cutting Corporate Welfare, by Ralph Nader
(Click for Amazon book review)
Click here for 24 full quotes from Ralph Nader in the book Cutting Corporate Welfare.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Corporations
Corporate welfare is a function of political corruption.
S&L bailout helped bankers & hurt consumers.
Rules needed for examining & challenging corporate welfare.
Scrutinize even “good” corporate welfare which helps public.
Disallow benefits to companies except for public purposes.
Stadiums & other local tax abatements ignore small business.
Federal regulation of state & local abatements & subsidies.
Cancel R&D giveaways to auto industry; let them do it.
Bailouts: require payback; practice prevention by regulation.
Legislation to eliminate all corporate welfare.
$1000 bounty for suing for abuse of corporate welfare.
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Environment
Mining companies get free mines for campaign contributions.
Highway pork leads to sprawl, air pollution, global warming.
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Free Trade
Restrict IMF power, or abolish it.
End export assistance; it’s corporate welfare.
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Health Care
Enforce fair drug prices if sponsored by govt research.
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Homeland Security
Corporate welfare: taxpayers fund defense industry mergers.
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Jobs
Focus on family farms instead of large agribusiness.
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Tax Reform
Tax code loopholes benefit corporate donors & cost taxpayers.
Sunshine on tax loopholes; sunset on tax breaks.
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Technology
FCC gave away $70B in airwave licenses to large corporations.
Domain name registration needs openness to replace monopoly.
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Welfare & Poverty
Attack corporate welfare kings, not poor welfare queens.
Limit executive compensation to 30-to-1 over lowest pay.
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Click for quotations from other sources by:
- Ralph Nader
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The above quotations are from Cutting Corporate Welfare, by Ralph Nader.
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