Today, the FCC voted 3-2 in favor of rules that reclassify broadband Internet service as a utility, effectively stopping service providers from blocking sites or apps, charging users extra to surf the Web at full speed or operating paid “fast lanes” for specific services or websites like Netflix or YouTube. And though we’re not completely out of the woods yet, this is huge news.
Glades // Drive
I’m caught up when you look at me You let my heart breathe with ease Chasing stars in our galaxy Making our own make-believe
A limited series implies that the continuation of the show is based on the success of the show. if samurai jack doesn’t get enough views it’s possible for adult swim to just say “fuck it” and end the show early
Criminologist here, strap in. Spread this message.
So prisoners under the 13th amendment are able to be considered slaves and/or servants. They are excluded as people and are such seen as property of the state. The exclusionary clause of the 13th amendment removes them from the 14th amendment’s equal protections, somewhat. The 3/5ths compromise is still on the books, but is simply never used.
Thus private prisons have not been paying taxes on their slaves. All that property being leased from the US government, that privatized prisons haven’t payed for. Now prisoners are still given some protections. Such as they are still considered citizens and still protected via the 8th amendment. This follows the further-protections clause. Minimum wage laws apply to all working US Citizens. If a prisoner is a citizen, they should be getting paid for their work or equally compensated. Many work for 10-13¢ an hour.
There is no further compensation. One could argue they need to cover their own room and board, but they are property on lease from the federal government. It is simply maintenance. Prisoners who have or do work have had their funds stolen from them. Often times these people are not well off monetarily in life and as a system the prisons ILLEGALLY steal due to the clause of the 13th amendment. Essentially the 13th amendment is used to justify slave wages when in fact it nullifies taxation (as one cannot tax property itself) on wages and privatized prisons have ignored a loophole leading to massive tax fraud. I’m just a kid from Philly who realized some stuff. But please, read this over. Disperse it if you can.
Lobbying, to most people, looks like bribery — the lobbyist who refuses to contribute to the reelection campaign isn’t going to get a meeting, much less an ally.
No member of congress wants to feel bought. What they want to feel is convinced. It’s the lobbyist’s job to make the members of congress ‘feel’ like they’re making the right decision, not just the decision they were paid to make.
Lobbying, persuasion, or interest representation is the act of attempting to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials in their daily life, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies. Lobbying is done by many types of people, associations and organized groups, including individuals in the private sector, corporations, fellow legislators or government officials, or advocacy groups (interest groups). Lobbyists may be among a legislator’s constituencies, meaning a voter or bloc of voters within their electoral district, or not; they may engage in lobbying as a business, or not. Professional lobbyists are people whose business is trying to influence legislation, regulation, or other government decisions, actions, or policies on behalf of a group or individual who hires them. Individuals and nonprofit organizations can also lobby as an act of volunteering or as a small part of their normal job (for instance, a CEO meeting with a representative about a project important to their company, or an activist meeting with their legislator in an unpaid capacity). Governments often define and regulate organized group lobbying that has become influential.
More research below:
How Corporate Lobbyists Conquered American Democracy Is Lobbying Good or Bad? Transparency and the Lobby Problem The Lobbying Problem and How We Can Fix It Corporate Lobbying: Bad for Business, Bad for America Influence & Lobbying Lobbying wiki Lobbying: The Scourge of Good Government What is shadow lobbying? How influence peddlers shape policy in the dark The American lobbying industry is completely out of control Lobbyists Explained Lobbyist Documentary Lobbyists in America 5 Crazy Facts About Lobbyists – End corruption. Defend the Republic
“Allow yourself to become clear, expansive and all-pervasive like the vast sky that touches the stars. Observe (with inner detachment) the passing clouds of thought; therein lies the discovery of what was always here-now, the spaciousness of your Pure Being.” ~Anon I mus (Spiritually Anonymous)
When you can laugh with someone while having sex, you found your person
them: if you don’t like a corporation just don’t buy from them me:
me: I could go on if you want me to