Getting corporations out of our families
Is energy really an issue for parents? When you have kids, there's so much to think about these days: shuttling them to school and soccer practice, keeping them away from junk food and moderating the amount of TV they watch or, if they have a cell phone, making sure that texting doesn't take over from homework. No parent wants yet another problem to worry about. But in the rush of urgent tasks … [Read more...]
What a quandary we find ourselves in. As parents, we want to uplift and encourage our children, to have them believe with hope and admiration in the founding documents of our nation —the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. The last thing anyone wants is to foster in our kids an early cynicism that unmasks the betrayals in our system, its failures and glaring … [Read more...]
In 1980, the U.S. Congress passed a law to protect adults who prey on children. You read that correctly. Public Law 96-252 prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from enacting rules that would protect the nation's children from commercial advertising that exploits their vulnerable and trusting natures. This law is corporate power incarnate. It should be the role of Congress to protect … [Read more...]