Brownsville Activists Protest at Linear Park Increased Influence of Corporations on Government

Brownsville Activists Protest at Linear Park Increased Influence of Corporations on Government

by Jim Barton on Friday, January 20, 2012 at 8:02pm

America's large corporations spend hundreds of millions of dollars financing presidential and congressional campaigns annually. The job description of thousands of paid lobbyists is simply to persuade these lawmakers to justify these contributions by hiring certain defense contractors, passing certain legislation, bailing out certain huge monetary entities, etc. It is money well spent. It is similar to what the huge law entity Linebarger does locally in financing the campaigns of the B.I.S.D. trustees. The trustees pretend to listen to the sales presentations of other firms knowing full well they will approve Linebarger irregardless of merit. Money talks.

Local activists Norma Castillo, Andres Limon, Azucna Salins and Stan Raines They want our government to respond to the needs of human beings, not huge corporations. That is why they joined in support of the nationwide "Occupy the Federal Courts" with their protest at Linear Park in Brownsville from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm January 20, 2012. "We are all employed people. We each took a day off work because we feel it's important to be heard on this issue," stated Norma Castillo.

      Here is a short statement from Norma Limon Castillo stating the purpose of the protest.  The audio is pretty clear despite the strong winds: