{"id":2985,"date":"2018-08-20T17:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/20\/three-latest-ways-trump-prioritizes-wealthy-corporations\/"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:17:41","slug":"three-latest-ways-trump-prioritizes-wealthy-corporations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/three-latest-ways-trump-prioritizes-wealthy-corporations\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Latest Ways Trump Prioritizes Wealthy Corporations"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three stories this past weekend revealed the latest ways that Trump prioritizes wealthy corporations over Americans. Trump lets corporations off the hook for violating federal law; he fills his administration with insiders who make favorable decisions for the corporations they represent; and he gave corporations enormous tax breaks that they’re returning to Republicans in the form of massive campaign donations. See for yourself:<\/p>\n

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    Trump “hits corporate violators with a feather.”<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    NBC News<\/a>: “A business that violates federal law — by failing to pay overtime, fouling the air, or committing financial fraud — could have an easier time avoiding the harshest penalties under the Trump administration if it agrees to come forward and cooperate with authorities. … In return, the administration is offering to shield the offenders from costly litigation, federal prosecution and the steepest possible penalties.”<\/p>\n

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      Trump fills his administration with corporate insiders, who are making decisions that are favorable to wealthy corporations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      New York Times<\/a>: “As a corporate lawyer, William L. Wehrum worked for the better part of a decade to weaken air pollution rules by fighting the Environmental Protection Agency in court on behalf of chemical manufacturers, refineries, oil drillers and coal-burning power plants. Now, Mr. Wehrum is about to deliver one of the biggest victories yet for his industry clients — this time from inside the Trump administration as the government’s top air pollution official.”<\/p>\n

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        Trump gave enormous tax breaks to wealthy corporations, and now they are returning funds to Republicans in the form of massive campaign donations.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        New York Times<\/a>: “Republicans are struggling to make the $1.5 trillion Trump tax cuts a winning issue with voters in the midterm congressional elections, but the cuts are helping the party in another crucial way: unlocking tens of millions of dollars in campaign donations from the wealthy conservatives and corporate interests that benefited handsomely from it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Three stories this past weekend revealed the latest ways that Trump prioritizes wealthy corporations over Americans. 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