Some of the existing laws target trivial behavior, such as the Controlled Substance Act that controls the use of marijuana. Some are misleading, deliberately not meaning what their titles suggest, such as the "Freedom to Farm Act" (officially the "Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996"), which actually means more wasteful subsidies for agribusiness. [21]
The more consequential the law the more the consequences favor the interests of corporate America and the privileged in general and harm everyone else financially, physically, and psychologically. That, of course, should be no surprise. It is precisely what the corporate tricks and touts expect to happen and their political pawns can expect to lose reelection if it doesn't happen.
In Table 4 is a list of some of the most consequential laws. These laws give the green light to tax breaks and havens for corporations and wealthy individuals, to profiteering from the "war on terror" and from all other military and surveillance operations, to profiteering from a broad spectrum of unhealthy and unsafe products, to polluting our water and air, to benefitting from all sorts of costly subsidies, to crushing Main Street and acquiescing to Wall Street.
Table 4
Some Laws Needing Flushed
Tax laws for the rich and corporations
Formal declarations of war
Authorizations for the use of force
Declaration of national emergency
Espionage provisions of the US criminal code
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Homeland Security Act
Intelligence Reform & Terrorism Prevention Act
National Emergencies Act
National Security Act
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