Corporate Dominance

Areas of Focus:

Corporations often engage in extensive lobbying efforts to shape legislation in their favor. By leveraging financial resources, they can influence policy decisions that prioritize corporate interests over public welfare.

1. Policy and Lawmaking: The Corporate Hand

2. Buying the Country: Electoral Influence

The 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC significantly altered the political landscape by allowing corporations to spend unlimited funds on elections. This ruling has led to increased corporate influence in politics, often through opaque channels that obscure the sources of funding.

3. Disparity: Executive Compensation vs. Worker Value

4. Regulatory Capture: Erasing Public Oversight

The gap between CEO compensation and average worker wages has widened dramatically over recent decades. This disparity reflects broader issues of income inequality and prompts discussions about the fairness and sustainability of current compensation structures within major corporations.​

Regulatory capture in the U.S. has led agencies to prioritize industry interests over public safety. Recent moves to gut these organizations even further erodes their influence. Main Street struggles, while the SEC dines with Wall Street.