Wall Street And Big Corporations Got What They Wanted – This Time

Click here to access article by Dave Johnson from Campaign for America's Future. 

How do the plutocrats and oligarchs and their giant multinational corporations get what they want when a pesky democracy is in their way? They push that pesky democracy out of their way.

This piece illustrates a liberal (left-wing capitalist) take on issues related to "free-trade" treaties and governmental compliance with neoliberal efforts to serve the interests of our capitalist ruling class. The author believes that we have a system of democracy in the US and that we just need to make greater efforts to make it work. Like the sentiment packed in this anti-war song "Oh when will they ever learn....", the same applies to such naive attitudes about a government of, by, and for the financial and corporate elites. Johnson clearly has not learned as indicated by his conclusion:

Is this how business will be done in the 21st century? Maybe, but maybe not. We the People came close to winning this time. We will come closer and closer, then we will start winning again.

Well, time will tell if we start winning again, but it will not be through "our representatives" in Congress, or elections sponsored and controlled by the capitalist ruling class.