The Ten Worst Corporations of 2005

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0425-21.htm
Published on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 by CommonDreams.org

The Ten Worst Corporations of 2005
by Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman

2005 was a good year for bad corporations. There were no U.S. elections to worry about, with their troubling possibility of politicians running on the popular platform of curbing corporate power. There were corporate scandals and corporate crime and violence galore, but none that rated the ongoing banner headlines of Enron and WorldCom. Indeed, the ongoing prosecutions of individuals associated with corporate financial scandals enabled Big Business and its apologists to claim there had actually been a crackdown on corporate crime.

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Asked to comment on a recent Harris poll that found 90 percent of people in the United States believe corporations have too much power in Washington, D.C., Hank Cox, a spokesperson for the National Association of Manufacturers, replies, “That’s a perception fostered by the news media and the entertainment industry, and if they really had any idea of how little power corporations have they would be astounded.”

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The corporations will never give up power, unless forced to do so by the people.
Where to start? No better place than the 10 worst corporations of 2005, presented herewith in alphabetical order:
BP
Delphi
Dupont
ExxonMobil
Ford
Halliburton
KPMG
Roche
Suez
W.R. Grace

[CrispyQ]

1. I don't know if our democracy can survive

as long as corporate personhood persists.

[IsettaTom]

2. Exxon\Mobil

Hi all

I got one of those old chain letters asking the public to boycott gas stations for a day to teach them a lesson....Hmmm I thought.... Naaa !! because the end I they can out last us....But how about we boycotting Exxon Mobil until they feel the pain we do each fill up....Maybe their president with his 94 million dollar retirement package will find a way to lower the prices a bit. Which in turn will cause all to lower prices….Consumers how lots of power here.


Isies Dad Tom

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Welcome to DU. I go for Citgo, myself. Like the way they defied the

bAdministration !

[IsettaTom]

6. Thank you for the welcome

Thanks looks like I need a proof reader. lol

[newyawker99]

4. Hi IsettaTom!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[lpbk2713]

5. AT&T and Verizon must have slipped under the radar on this list

because it came from 2005. It wasn't widely known then how (1) they are aggressively working with NSA to invade our privacy and (2) how they are collaborating to put an end to the internet as we know it.

[WA98296]

7. What?!!! No WalMart?! Any list w/o them has to be BS