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Jen Briney | Legislation 2017: Corporatization, Backdoor Deals, Data, & DNA
Corporate Influence and the Economic Up-Down Divide
Legislative trends in 2017 reflect rampant corporatism where laws are actively changed to benefit business owners over wage earners. While media narratives focus on left-versus-right partisan conflict, the actual divide is described as an "up-and-down" financial struggle. Figures like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are identified as primary drivers of this corporate-centric legislative agenda, with the executive branch acting as the final signatory.