Politics

By EconMatters

Submitted by MintPress via TheAntiMedia.org,

Dr. Ron Paul says the American electoral system is rigged to keep “independent thinkers” from succeeding.

“I see elections as so much of a charade,” the former Texas congressman said during an April 11 appearance on RT America’s “The Fishtank.” “So much deceit goes on.”

Paul is no stranger to the twisted rules of the American presidential horse race. He ran for the highest office as a Libertarian in 1988, and in 2008 and 2012 as a Republican.

Greed & Power, Inc.

Capitalism is Greed, and capitalism is Power. Today rather than governments controlling corporations, corporations control governments.

Consequently, instead of being taxed by governments to support the societies in which capitalism does business, capitalism taxes the societies, which is what Oxfam shows in the bar chart: http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-corporate-tax-cheats-hiding-1-4-trillion-in-profits-in-offshore-accounts/5520326

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