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Molly Ivins
There are only two ways to deal with corporate misbehavior
In the real world, there are only two ways to deal with corporate misbehavior: One is through government regulation and the other is by taking them to court. What has happened over 20 years of free-market proselytizing is that we have dangerously weakened both forms of restraint, first through the craze for "deregulation" and second through endless rounds of "tort reform," all of which have the effect of cutting off citizens' access to the courts. By legally bribing politicians with campaign contributions, the corporations have bought themselves immunity from lawsuits on many levels.
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years
I believe in practicing prudence at least once every two or three years.
Dear America - On behalf of Texas, we're sorry for Rick Perry
On behalf of Texas, we're sorry for George W. Bush. And we're especially sorry for what's coming next....Rick Perry.
The next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention. - Molly Ivins
Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for
What stuns me most about contemporary politics is not even that the system has been so badly corrupted by money. It is that so few people get the connection between their lives and what the bozos do in Washington and our state capitols… Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.
