#corp

The Olympic Games are highly commercialised. They purport to follow the traditions of an ancient athletics competition, but today it is the commercial aspect that is most apparent. I have seen how, through sport, cities and corporations compete against each other for financial gain. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#ancient #apparent #aspect #athletics #cities

It was under Wilson, of course, that the first huge parts of the Marxist program, such as the progressive income tax, were incorporated into the American system. ↗

— Robert Welch

#course #first #huge #income #income tax

I support transitioning from the progressive tax to a flat tax system - both individual and corporate/business. ↗

— Allen West

#business #corporate #flat #flat tax #i

A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks what's best for all. ↗

— Cornel West

#america #asks #best #black #corporations

We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. ↗

— Cornel West

#between #corporate #court #decisions #goes

Mass consumption, advertising, and mass art are a corporate Frankenstein; while they reinforce the system, they also undermine it. ↗

— Ellen Willis

#also #art #consumption #corporate #frankenstein

One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices. ↗

— Samuel Wilson

#biggest challenges #challenges #incorporation #information #information technology

Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#believes #clinton #corps #dealing #inconceivable

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo. ↗

— John Yoo

#argued #case #considering #corpus #currently

I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests. ↗

— Thom Yorke

#corporate #corporate interests #fighting #framework #i