Posted at Hartmann Report on Jul. 9, 2024
Demolishing Chevron Deference: Republicans Push for a Billionaire-Run Banana Republic
The billionaires and polluters who bribed SCOTUS Republicans just legalized poisoning our children and grandchildren...
In 1904, O. Henry coined the phrase “banana republic” to describe a country where the government supports big business for the exclusive benefit of the morbidly rich. A government of, by, and for what that generation called the “fatcats” or the “robber barons.”
The banana republic-ication of America just kicked into high gear, and, curiously, there’s been a virtual mainstream media blackout about it.