Who Rules America?Providing proof and discussion of America's upper class, the author details: the well-established ways of training and preparing new members, how they control the executive and judicial branches of government, and how they influence local and state governments as well as businesses, foundations, certain universities and certain university institutions. |
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... businessmen closest to President Johnson were Democrat Donald C. Cook , president of American Electric Power , a utilities holding company , and Republican Robert B. Anderson , a former Texan and Secretary of the Treasury , who became ...
... businessmen closest to President Johnson were Democrat Donald C. Cook , president of American Electric Power , a utilities holding company , and Republican Robert B. Anderson , a former Texan and Secretary of the Treasury , who became ...
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... Businessmen Complain There are several very good reasons why businessmen complain about the government , the first of which requires a slight detour into history . The original American political and economic system battled for many ...
... Businessmen Complain There are several very good reasons why businessmen complain about the government , the first of which requires a slight detour into history . The original American political and economic system battled for many ...
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... businessmen well aware of their power would pretend that they did not control the government . This is such a charged point , impugning as it does the motives of our corporate leaders , that we would not make it ourselves . Instead , we ...
... businessmen well aware of their power would pretend that they did not control the government . This is such a charged point , impugning as it does the motives of our corporate leaders , that we would not make it ourselves . Instead , we ...
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