Hartmann on the Business Plot

In the first part of this article he rails against the monopolists and oligarchs that have bought off and corrupted our government. He then gets to the Business Plot, quoting a Washington Post article:

"Its members included J.P. Morgan Jr., Irénée du Pont and the CEOs of General Motors, Birds Eye and General Foods, among others. Together they held near $40 billion in assets, Denton said — about $778 billion today. Had Butler been a different sort of person and gone along with the plot, Denton thinks it would have been successful. Instead, in the fall of 1934, he went to J. Edgar Hoover, head of what would become the FBI."

He asserts that big business today has effectively realized their plot. But since they've bought off government they don't need to do it like the earlier plot. Buying government officials to do their bidding is far easier. The whole inflation issue is tied to said monopolies raising prices way beyond necessary purely for profit and to create as much hardship on the working class so that they vote for their chosen, bribed lackeys. 

Hartmann concludes: "Hard to believe? Immoral? Remember, these are companies that continue to fund Republicans associated with Trump’s attempt to end our democracy."