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A Different GDP

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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy

of our moneyed corporations which dare already

to challenge our government to a trial of strength

and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

---Thomas Jefferson

The moneyed corporations, instead of being crushed, started owning and controlling government and crushing America.

2. Peace. America is always preparing for war, threatening war, or waging war either in its overt or covert form. Enemies are created to keep America's war business humming. Currently, the US is waging shadow wars in 150 countries. [3] Most non Americans view the US as the greatest threat to world peace. [3]

3.Domestic Tranquility. Gun shots and dead people in schools, shopping malls, theaters, ad infinitum. What more needs to be said?

4. Public Education. America's public schools are being privatized and militarized. [3]

5. Infrastructure. The basic services and facilities needed to keep America functioning are deteriorating. [4]

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Retired organizational psychologist.

Author of "911!", The Devil's Marriage: Break Up the Corpocracy or Leave Democracy in the Lur ch; America's Oldest Professions: Warring and Spying; and Corporate Reckoning Ahead.

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