-Caveat Lector- Some links to articles and such on this wonderful, benevolent, job-making gov't program: http://www.feminist.org/other/budget/welfare/welfare.htm http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue251/item5507.asp > Welfare for the Well-Off > by Stephen Moore > Thursday, June 24, 1999 > Comments: 254 posts <Picture> > > When most Americans hear the term > “welfare,” they immediately think of welfare mothers with two > illegitimate children, planted in front of the TV and living in > public housing. The kind that welfare reform was supposed to take > care of. But here's a surprise: Some of the biggest welfare > recipients of all are not poor at all. They are prosperous and > profitable businesses. http://www.corporations.org/ > Corporate Accountability Project > > Of the world's 100 largest economies, 51 are now global > corporations, rather than countries. > > > "I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me > and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. ... > corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high > places will follow, and the money power of the country will > endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of > the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the > Republic is destroyed." > > U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864 (letter to Col. > William F. Elkins) Ref: "The Lincoln Encyclopedia", Archer H. > Shaw (Macmillan, 1950, NY) > > Corporate Dirt Archives / Researching Corporations > > Corporate Power Information > > Corporate Welfare Information Center > > Democracy Teach-Ins A<>E<>R ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. -Johann Christoph Schiller, German Writer (1759-1805) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly. -Bertrand Russell + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Everyone has the right...to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Universal Declaration of Human Rights + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; no endorsement to be presumed + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om