[GPSCC-chat] Documenting Crony Capitalism?

[Gerry Gras]

I know what my #1 priority is: global warming.
I know that my #2, #3 priorities are those
that affect global warming, for example
the issues Move to Amend are working on,
e.g. Corporations are NOT people, Money is
NOT speech.

I believe that currently the issues for the
MSM are immigration reform and gun control,
but that could change quickly.

I don't what the priorities for the average
American are.

If you want your questions answered for global
warming, I could look into it.

Gerry


Spencer Graves wrote:
> Hello, All:
>
>
>        What would you say are the highest profile issues locally,
> statewide and nationally?
>
>
>        I ask, because I just initiated a project for "Documenting crony
> capitalism" on Wikiversity (a sister project to Wikipedia; see
> "http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Documenting_crony_capitalism"). I want
> to prioritize issues and start documenting the different parties
> involved in the issue(s) likely to receive the greatest public attention
> over the next several months.  This would include whatever we can get
> about the money involved in several aspects of the story:
>
>
>              1.  How much money does the parties stand to gain or lose
> in any likely governmental decision?
>
>
>              2.  How much do they spend on advertising?  (By shifting
> their advertising budgets, businesses have threatened the financial
> future of otherwise profitable commercial media.)
>
>
>              3.  How much do they spend on campaign finance?
>
>
>               4.  How much do they spend on lobbying?
>
>
>        Is social security likely to be the biggest issue nationally?
> What about Santa Clara County?  Public safety?
>
>
>        After I've got something in this area, I want to start trying to
> arrange presentations at different groups to try to recruit volunteers
> to help increase both the utility of the information compiled there and
> its dissemination.
>
>
>       Thanks,
>       Spencer
>
>