Grievance 37 - Controlling

The U.S. Constitution failed to protect Americans from the government
being controlled by "special interests", a news media euphemism for
forces that capitalized on the political system to gain self-serving
benefits. The forces became an oligarchy of controllers and
manipulators of government power in the U.S. and beyond.

The nation had a long history of domestic and foreign actions carrying
out primarily the desires of organized money and labor elements, that
were widely researched, documented and reported on almost a daily basis,
and brought forward among these Grievances to a candid world.

Most prominent among the money elements in the 20th century was the
Rockefeller family empire. From its oil roots in the 1800's, it also
mastered banking and finance, and placed its representatives in
influential government appointive positions, as well as in elective
offices.

The best illustration of the money element coming together to control
power was evidenced in New York banker David Rockefeller's formation
and funding in 1973 of the "Trilateral Commission". He selected some 200
financially powerful like-thinkers from North America, Western Europe
and Japan to solidify economic and political activities of the three
regions, setting precedent for a World Empire of controllers and
manipulators.

Among the first to be invited to join the Trilateral organization were
top executives of Exxon, Shell, Caterpillar Tractor, Texas Instruments,
Sony, Hitachi, Toyota and Fiat. Bankers included representatives from
Barclay's Bank, Harriman and Company, Bank of Tokyo, Continental
Illinois National Bank, and Bank of America. To support the money
interests publicly, media representatives were invited from the most
powerful publications in the U.S., the New York Times, Washington Post,
Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times and Time
Magazine.

Among the aims of some money interests was elimination of democratic
processes for international trade agreements. They sought to get around
normal Senate debate with "fast track" lawmaking by Presidential
directive. Such control, of course, would hand power to a single person
to profit political supporters and punish enemies.

Also facilitating control by money interests internationally were such
treaties as the North American Free Trade Agreement, which was not free
trade in fact, but fixed trade for certain beneficiary's. Free trade,
whereby people buy and sell whatever, whenever and wherever they choose,
is absent of government authority or qualification in any way, a most natural activity
barred by government.

With an AUTHENTIC CONSTITUTION in harmony with the natural Cosmic Laws
of the universe, and producing High Moral Values and Democratic Ideals, control of
government is in the hands of all individuals equally by the democratic process of
one-person, one-vote on all policies and programs.

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