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#DontForget all those #VestedInterests... | #Racketeering and #Profiteering

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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/17/rishi-sunak-refuses-to-say-if-he-will-profit-from-moderna-covid-vaccine

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/26/we-cant-afford-to-be-climate-doomers

the #facts tell us that the general #public is not the #problem; the #fossilfuel industry and other #vestedinterests are; that we have the #solutions, that #WeKnowWhatToDo, and that the #obstacles are #political; that when we fight we sometimes win; and that we are deciding the #future now.
#corruptpoliticians #betterworld #PlantationCourt #WWSS

While “scaling agile practices” gets much attention, descaling the organization could be a more effective strategy. Rather than adding complexity, simplify, reduce bureaucracy and be lean. #VestedInterests

Revealed: shares held ‘in secret’ by scores of #MPs raise questions about #VestedInterests -

Exclusive: MPs found to hold ‘in effect secret’ stock in listed firms from banks to housebuilders

Wife of #Tory MP who criticised windfall tax on oil firms has £50,000 in BP shares

#AttorneyGeneral and close family hold £130,000 in shares in six FTSE 100 firms

Which UK MPs own shares in publicly listed companies?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jul/09/revealed-shares-held-in-secret-by-scores-of-mps-raise-questions-about-vested-interests

Captured by vested interests? - Confronting state capture
“Collectively we are driving Earth and civilisation towards #collapse. Human activities have exceeded #PlanetaryBoundaries. We are changing the climate, losing #biodiversity, degrading land, contaminating freshwater, and damaging the nitrogen and phosphorus cycles upon which we all depend.”

But “decision-makers and influencers are captured by #VestedInterests.”

“Confronting #StateCapture involves reversing several undemocratic practices. Of particular concern is the funding of political parties by corporate interests as well as the revolving-door jobs between government and #CorporateInterests.”
https://theconversation.com/saving-humanity-heres-a-radical-approach-to-building-a-sustainable-and-just-society-205566

https://australiandemocracy.org.au/
Working together for a stronger #democracy

#EcologicalEconomicsTransition #SystemicChange #LifeSupportSystem #Biosphere #EnvironmentalDestruction #SocialJustice #Climate #RapidClimateMitigation #CitizenAction

#VestedInterests

I'm just #ThrowingThis #OutThere... #ForConsideration...

https://twitter.com/i_D/status/1272987029308157952

"The ... secret of the whole debate is that property-owning voters are ... dependent for their retirement security and their small business survival on over $500 billion of untaxed and leveraged capital gains from their land over the last 15 years.

Even though the limited forms ... being discussed would not touch those gains, many property owners see ... as the only way for them, their kids and other people like them to get ahead."
#cgt #nzpolitics #vestedinterests
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/02/20/454810/the-dirty-little-secrets-of-the-capital-gains-tax-debate

"The scale of MPs' real estate holdings suggest not just that the financial interests of politicians and commentators may be influencing the ongoing CGT debate; it also suggests New Zealand's particular form of wealth inequality is increasingly colouring our politics."
#cgt #nzpolitics #vestedinterests
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/02/19/449412/capital-gains-tax-a-vested-interest