RT | Forty-five years ago this week, a single memo written by Lewis Powell
kicked off the corporate takeover of the US government and inspired a
generation of think tanks, lobbyists, and dirty money.
The conservative corporate lawyer, who would later be appointed to
the US Supreme Court by Republican President Richard Nixon, wrote a memo
to the US Chamber of Commerce’s Eugene Sydnor, putting forth a plan to
tackle the environmental and civil rights movements which were pushing
for more health and safety regulations.
Powell was addressing
concerns held by conservatives surrounding the New Deal and the Great
Society, which included Social Security, the Labor Relations Act,
Medicare, Medicaid, and anti-discrimination laws.
