Rise of Another Corporate Mouthpiece to Destroy The Middle Class [View all]

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from the Working Life blog:


Rise of Another Corporate Mouthpiece to Destroy The Middle Class
Posted on 19 June 2013.

Yet another installment in the decades-long white flag of surrender to the corporate elite took place in a relatively unnoticed vote — what, with the more important, front-page, relentless coverage of the passing of what’s-his-name Gandolfini. The country has a new trade representative…well, that’s not really accurate — Citibank has a new trade representative.

By a vote of 93-4, the Senate confirmed Michael Froman as the US trade representative. All you need to know about Froman is this:

Mr. Froman worked as Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin’s chief of staff during the Clinton administration,

He was a managing partner at Citigroup and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations before joining the Obama administration.

So, first, the overwhelming vote shows that no one stops to think for a moment whether having an alum of Citibank — and the mentality he would bring — representing the country’s trade interests makes sense. Because they don’t care — not in the Administration, nor apparently in the Senate. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.workinglife.org/2013/06/19/rise-of-another-corporate-mouthpiece-to-destroy-the-middle-class/#sthash.7XQ8hWq2.dpuf