An Enormous Corporate Colonization Project Is Underway -- And the US Economy Will Never Be the Same

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31. Institutional and insider ownership

Look at the Major Holders of Proctor & Gamble for instance http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=PG+Major+Holders

38% Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners. Where's our counterpart to ALEC? Well, all of our money is tied up right now as we feed and house ourselves.

I used PG as an example because the Sisters of mercy are trying to do exactly what you suggest.

http://www.sistersofmercy.org/index.php?option=com_jlibrary&task=viewDetails&id=150

Valerie spoke to the managers of Synagro (solid waste facilities) about community and investor involvement.
MIP joined other investors in a dialogue with Procter & Gamble about political contributions.
Colgate-Palmolive invited MIP to a dinner of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 2008 Awards for Business Excellence.
Eileen Hogan attended the AIDS/Other Medicines Roundtable with corporations and investors. Eileen was accompanied by Sister Cecilia Nibyobonka from Uganda, who quizzed the panel on accessing medications in Uganda.

As a shareholder, I vote and the Directors suggested that we all vote against the Sisters of Mercy proposals They always suggest we vote against shareholder concerns and FOR their compensation packages. Of course, I do the opposite, but that 38% tends to overrule me every-time.