G E -One of the most corrupt Corps in America.

[Disturbed]

GE Misdeeds

1 Feb 1977 D.C. - GE ordered to stop misleading ad claims on color televisions and other home appliances 16 June 1981 Lincoln NE- GE ordered to pay damages over storage of spent nuclear fuel $8.5 million May 1985 D.C.- GE fined for defrauding Defense department on contracts $1.04 million

5 June 1987 Los Angeles CA- GE subsidiary fined $25.3 million for insider trading

20 Nov 1987 Cincinnati Ohio- GE ordered to pay damages on safety defects at Zimmer nuclear plant-$78 million

3 June 1988 San Francisco- GE and others ordered to cleanup groundwater contamination-$5.3 million initial settlement

29 March 1989 D.C.- GE fined for defrauding government on defense contracts $ 3.5 million

5 Oct 1989 Tennessee- GE ordered to refund overcharges on work at Brown's Ferry Plant-$2.6 million

23 March 1990 Shepherdsville KY- GE and others ordered to cleanup PCB contamination of soil and water

27 March 1990 Wilmington, NC - GE fined for discrimination against employees who report safety violations-$20,000
11 May 1990 Ft. Edward/Hudson Falls- GE ordered to cleanup PCB contamination of Hudson River -$10 million

27 July 1990 Philadelphia PA- GE fined for defrauding government in defense contacts-$30 million

11 Oct 1990 Waterford NY- GE fined for pollution at Silicone Products plant- $176,000

20 May 1991 D.C. - GE Ordered to pay damages over improperly tested aircraft parts for Air Force and Navy- $1 million

27 Feb 1992 Allentown, PA - GE ordered to pay damages on design flaws of nuclear plants -$80 million

4 March 1992 Orange County CA - GE fined for violation of worker safety rules on handling PCB's-$11,000

13 March 1992 Wilmington, NC- GE fined for safety violations at nuclear fuel plant $20,000

22 May 1992 Illinois - GE ordered to pay damages on design flaws of nuclear plants $65 million

22 July 1992 D.C.- GE fined for money laundering and fraud over illegal sale of fighter jets to Israel-$70 million

13 Sep 1992 Chicago, IL- GE ordered to pay damages for airplane crash-$1.8 million

12 Oct 1992 Nashville TN - GE ordered to pay damages from deceptive advertising on lightbulbs -$165,000

27 Oct 1992 D.C.-GE ordered to pay damages from overcharging on defense contracts $576,215

12 May 1992 D.C.-GE ordered to pay damages to whistleblower on illegal sale of fighter jets to Israel-$13.4 million

2 March 1993 Riverside CA - GE and others ordered to pay damages for contamination from dumping of industrial chemicals-$96 million

11 March 1993 Grove City PA - GE and others ordered to cleanup mining site $1.81 million

16 Sep 1993 NY - GE ordered to compensate commercial fisherman for PCB contamination of the Hudson River-$7 million

11 Oct 1993 San Francisco- GE ordered to offer rebates to consumers after deceptive light bulb advertising - $3.25 million

18 July 1993 Hudson Falls NY- GE ordered to clean up PCB contamination of Hudson River -$2.5 Million

2 Feb 1994 Perry OH - GE settles with utility companies on defective Perry Nuclear Plant.

14 Mar 1994 Ft. Edward NY - GE ordered to cleanup contamination of sediment from reaching Hudson River $100,000

14 Sep 1994 9.14.94 D.C.- GE fined for overcharges in defense contracts-$20 million

2 Sep 1995 Waterford NY - GE fined for air pollution and contamination of the Hudson River, -$1.5 million

15 Sep 1995 Brandon Fl- GE fined for groundwater contamination- $137,000 9 Sep 1996 Waterford, NY -GE Fined for Clean Air Act violations -$60,000

7 Oct 1996 Hendersonville NC - GE ordered to cleanup contamination of soil and groundwater- $1.029 million

8 Oct 1996 Cook County IL- GE ordered to pay settlement from airline crash in Sioux City -$15 million

22 Feb 1997 Somersworth NH - GE and others ordered to cleanup contamination of groundwater and public water supply -$ 7 million Feb 1998 Waterford NY- GE fined for pollution violations $234,000

20 April 1998 Waterford NY- GE fined for pollution violations- $204,000 Oct 1998 United Kingdom - GE ordered to cleanup asbestos and pollution claims $2 billion pounds

26 Oct 1998 Puerto Rico - GE and others ordered to cleanup contamination of drinking water supply -$4.2 million

5 Nov 1998 South Whitehall PA- GE and others ordered to cleanup contamination $1.035 million

24 Jan 1999 Chicago- GE ordered to reimburse consumers over unfair debt collection practices-$147 million

19 Aug 1999 Piscataway NJ -GE and others ordered to cleanup contamination of groundwater-$23 million

2 Sep 1999 Malvern PA- GE and others ordered to cleanup groundwater contamination- $18.8 million

17 Sep 1999 Moreau NY - GE ordered to build drinking water system after PCB contamination of water supply-$5 million

9 Oct 1999 Pittsfield MA -GE ordered to cleanup PCB pollution in Housatonic river $250-750 million

18 Oct 2000 New York, NY- GE and others ordered to clean up contamination of soil $28 million

Jan 2001 NY- GE and others ordered to refund overcharges on mortgage insurance $4 million

4 Feb 2001 NY - State Supreme Court rules GE deceptively mislead consumers into purchasing new dishwashers after recall while sending commercial customers a replacement part.

http://www.cleanupge.org/gemisdeeds.html

* G E owns NBC/MSNBC

[Rage for Order]

1. I'm not sure where the corruption part is

They certainly don't seem to have been a very good corporate citizen, but that's different from corruption. I'm sure there is some corruption involved, but when you're in as many different lines of business as GE is, you have over 300,000 full time employees, and you do $170 billion a year in sales, you're bound to have some blemishes on your record.

[Octafish]

17. They made big money off Hitler.

It's no wonder GE and the Wall Street insiders who control the company are so handsomely rewarded for their "contributions" to society.

http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=HitlerCh03

It's no coincidence that we don't read or hear much about that these days -- or the fact GE owns NBC.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

25. "some blemishes"?

Like a barrel cactus has "some" spines protecting it?

[kevinmc]

2. That's just what they got caught doing ......

I worked for them 25+ years .... lot of stuff goes on in that "HUGE" Company.

[Greyhound]

3. Just a drop in the bucket. The overwhelming majority of their offenses are never

even exposed, let alone, charged. OTOH, they are pretty typical of all companies their size. That's one very good reason for breaking up these conglomerates, they are literally above the law.
:kick: & R

[Berry Cool]

4. Sounds to me like they're not entirely above the law

or they would never be found guilty of anything or ordered to pay any kinds of fines or compensation for anything.

[Greyhound]

8. As the first sentence in the reply states, this is just a drop in the bucket.

This is just "the cost of doing business" to them. Just as Ford so infamously decided to eat the lawsuits and kill a few dozen customers because it was cheaper than fixing their defective cars. Just as M$ was "fined" $70 M for illegally, and blatantly, stealing Netscape's business worth billions, it doesn't matter to them.

If you could make a billion by paying a few million, wouldn't you consider that a good deal?

That our politicians are corrupt doesn't upset me nearly so much as the fact that they are so cheaply bought.

[TahitiNut]

5. On the global plantation that's called "the cost of doing business."

Every cent of that is paid by the CUSTOMER. It didn't cost Jack Welch (or any other executive) a dime.

[doc03]

6. GE is OK with me, their sales rep for

GE Betz Chemicals gave me a GE coffee cup, calender and date book. Everyone has their price.

[rasputin1952]

10. snarf...cleaning up the keybaord as I type...

:spray:

:D

[annabanana]

7. OTOH - They haven't snatched Keith O. off the air,,(yet).. . . n/t

[Initech]

9. It seems to me that when a company makes that many violations...

Their next punishment should not be a mere fine, but something far greater.

[TahitiNut]

18. Indeed. Where's the "Three Strikes" Law for corporations.

Funny about that. :eyes:

[Double T]

11. Typical criminal corporate corruption................

THEY probably got away with many times more the total THEY were nailed for.

[originalpckelly]

12. Of course, and people have got to wake up and wonder why they're pandering to us.

There's something behind a massive reichwing corporation using its news division to cater to the left, something here is very wrong.

[Disturbed]

13. Count Down is GE's "fair & balanced" Program.

How many other programs are there that have a non-RWing slant?

[MadBadger]

14. Tweety isnt a RW shill

Even though people like to paint him as one some time. Though Scarborough is RW, he has gotten a lot better over the years and is not nearly as bad as he used to be. David Shuster is also not a RW shill.

[OzarkDem]

15. You set the bar pretty low

Just because a talking head criticizes a GOP'er once in a while doesn't make them fair and balanced. In fact, its a trick he's learned to allow himself a fig leaf of respectability.

Tweety has earned his stripes as a corporate mouthpiece by constantly ignoring real news that isn't favorable to Bush, repeating WH talking points without questioning them and applying the usual double standard between Dems and the GOP.

Bush and the GOP have made themselves about as popular as VD, its expected their media mouthpieces are disgusted and occasionally criticize them, but it doesn't change the fact that they're right wing shills.

[Mutineer]

16. No he just does a damn fine imitation of being a RW mouthpiece

NBC/MSNBC have pushed far more pro-GOP talking points than they have liberal ones. And I for one haven't forgotten it.

[defendandprotect]

20. I agree --- I think that one possibility is that GE has a better nose for money moving to Dems ----

why else would a right-wing Nazi corp be supporting liberal content?

They might want to know whose ass they're going to have to kiss come 2008 ---

And, networks get 80% of the campaign funds raised by the candidates!!!

PLUS lucrative connections after the election!!!


But --- this is a question I've been asking for months ---
glad someone else is interested ---
and let's hope someone has a better answer!!!

[defendandprotect]

19. GE was guilty of "defrauding the government" -- but still got contracts!!!

This happened way back --- like 60's or earlier . . . ?

They were actually found guilty of "defrauding the government" but were still permitted
to do business with the government!!!

I really knew nothing about GE until the 80's ....

[Disturbed]

21. GE is not the only Corp that has defrauded the US Govt.

that still gets Multi-Millions in contracts. There are many such Corps. Halliburton/KBR has been found guilty of doing so a few times & fined & is still getting $Millions from the Govt.

[defendandprotect]

22. GE was the FIRST evidently --- I think this was in '48?

And for quite a long, long time they were the sole corporation guilty defrauding the gov't ---

and rather than listing additional sinners, why not ask why any of these corporation are permitted to do business with the government -- ??

Of course, they shouldn't be ---

[mdmc]

23. just business

:shrug:
I was thinking of getting a GE tv. Sure they polluted the Hudson River, but they are still here in America.

[HughBeaumont]

24. And GEe . . . who was the corrupt, pro-outsourcing, pro-Bewsh bastard who RAN GE during that time?

Neutron Jack Welch, that's who!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welch

This shitbag bastard fucker raised the bar in neo-Robber Baron ruthlessness, slashing employee numbers by the thousands while rewarding fellow executives with massive bonuses and stock options. He has not an ounce of compassion for the middle and working classes, has publicly stated that he is not concerned with the discrepancy between the salaries of top-paid CEOs and those of average workers, opposes SEC reforms regulating executive pay, is an opponent of the Sarbanes/Oxley act, and started the massive outsourcing of GE's R&D to foreign nations such as India. Many CEOs of the 80s and 90s, with an ally in the staunchly pro-corporate Reagan and Bewsh 41 admins, began to adopt Welch's agenda of rottenness.

Not only that, he was a philanderer (affair with his current wife while still married) and was in the control room of NBC during the 2000 election, DEMANDING their newscasters call the election for Bewsh.

http://makethemaccountable.com/coverup/Part_04.htm

To Welch, although George W. Bush might not be a genius, his policies would encourage those who were geniuses to be even more innovative and productive. Fewer government regulations and lower corporate taxes would create technological advancement, thereby benefiting society more than all of the do-gooder social programs combined ever could. The country would be run for the benefit of the “A” people who achieved great things, not the “C” people who merely existed. In such a laissez faire environment, the powerful would be unshackled to become even more powerful, and no corporation in the world was more powerful than General Electric.

By contrast, Welch viewed Al Gore as the candidate of the parasites. Gore voters were not the generators of wealth; they were the consumers of taxes. Welch privately described the typical Gore voter as “someone who needs all these goddamned social programs because she’s too goddamned dumb to keep her legs crossed and too goddamned lazy to get an abortion.”