noun
a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution : the ruling oligarchy of military men around the president.
• a state governed by such a group : the English aristocratic oligarchy of the 19th century.
• government by such a group.
Koch Industries now owns Frac-Chem whose chemical cocktails, that are injected deep under the nation's aquifers, are almost entirely exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Guess who helped craft the anti-regulatory agenda that led to that exemption? It turns out that Koch helped draft it during Bush's administration. They seem to be systematically buying up everything in the country and have created an oligarchy.
Does it matter? Only if you like clean drinking water and clean air to breath.
The measure to prohibit fracking here in San Benito passed in the last election. The people said they didn't want it in their land. We live in an area that is notorious for earthquakes and we don't want our ground water to be polluted. Nobody can survive without water. But this didn't matter to Big Oil. They are suing in several places in the country where similar measures passed. Money will no doubt pass between some parties and decisions will be made that will screw over the people who didn't vote for it.
You can't live without water… but I can guarantee you the earth can live without us.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/5/a_big_win_for_climate_change
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