http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=123-10202003-- A new report, "Class Action Cabinet," released today by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) shows that 13 of 16 Bush Cabinet members have been employed by, served on the board of, or have significant financial interest in corporations that have been targeted by consumer class-action lawsuits. Deliberations on the bill could start as early as tomorrow.
Condoleeza Rice and Andrew Card, top advisors to President Bush, though not part of the Cabinet, were also found to have ties to companies targeted by class action lawsuits as was President Bush himself.
The report by the consumer advocacy group comes as the US Senate is set to debate Bush-backed legislation, S 274, to limit consumers' rights to file class action lawsuits.
"The White House campaign to curb class action lawsuits is being driven by the very corporations that gave birth to the cabinet and will likely fund their retirement," said Jamie Court, executive director of FTCR and author of "Corporateering: How Corporate Power Steals Your Personal Freedom And What You Can Do About It" (Tarcher/Putnam). "The Bush Administration has an undisclosed conflict of interest in lobbying to take away the rights of consumers to band together against corporate abuses that they could not fight alone. This is the equivalent of President Bush using his office to break up a baseball strike against the Texas Rangers."
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the article goes on to name them and show connections.
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