Nader in Seattle: U.S. run by Wall Street “crooks”
Every agency of the federal government is controlled by incorporated power, independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader told reporters previous to a public speech at a packed Town Hall Seattle on Tuesday evening.
Nader aforesaid the U.S. is essentially a “plutocracy” (government by the wealthy), run by “speculators and crooks” put on Wall Street. He offered like proof the $700 billion financial-rescue package that Congress approved, which, he said, rewards “deceivers” for the “looting and swindling.”
In his fourth presidential campaign, Nader is on the ballot in 45 states, including Washington, and polls indicate he has garnered about 2 percent support nationally.
Tuesday night, Nader called because the prosecution of those on Wall Street responsible for the current financial crisis.
He likewise called for a procedure tax on the sale of financial derivatives — contracts whose values are linked to assets such as mortgages or stocks — to raise money to fund the rescue package. It’s a better solution than using taxpayer dollars, he said.
Nader condemned major-party candidates Barack Obama and John McCain for supporting the rescue package and said the two candidates share more similarities than differences. For example, he said their positions are similar on negotiating by the agency of Cuba and on offshore drilling.
Both candidates consider set themselves up to exist controlled by corporations, he aforesaid.
Nader has been critical of the two-party political system, which he says is upheld not by the Constitution but rather by “political bigotry,” incorporated interests and the mainstream media.
“If I got as much national coverage as the pandas, all kinds of people would know me,” he uttered at the public meeting.
In campaign stops in the Northwest this week, Nader has argued that the two-party hypothesis is bound to break up. He related he hoped the blow would come as the determination of a grass-roots movement nevertheless that it is other thing in a fair way to come from a solicitant with the money to bypass the Democratic and Republican parties and the public media.
Who could be such a candidate?
Bill Gates, Nader suggested.
