Elizabeth Warren in Mother Jones magazine
On Corporations:
Breakup online monopolies; wealth shouldn't be concentrated
During her time onstage Warren discussed her proposal to break up big, powerful tech companies like Facebook,
Google, and Amazon. "The monopolist will make fewer monopoly profits--boo hoo," she said of those who stand to lose money from her plan.
Source: Mother Jones mag.: 2019 SXSW for 2020 presidential hopefuls
Mar 1, 2019
On Corporations:
End "integrated" farming favoring corporations over farmers
Warren declared, "It all starts with attacking consolidation in the agriculture sector head on." Meat giants like Tyson and Smithfield are "vertically integrated"--meaning they both slaughter livestock and tightly control the process for raising
them. "My administration will bring vertical integration cases to break up integrated agribusinesses," she wrote. She added that "contract chicken farming has already squeezed farmers to the breaking point. To stop the spread of that practice,
I believe we should prohibit abusive contract farming in the livestock sector." Bernie Sanders added that "when we are in the White House, we are going to strengthen antitrust laws that defend farmers from the corporate middlemen
that stand between the food grower and the consumer, and have now become so big and powerful that they can squeeze farmers for everything they're worth."
Source: Mother Jones magazine on 2020 Democratic primary
Mar 30, 2019
On Energy & Oil:
Perfect score on "350 Action's 2020 Climate Test"
The environmental group 350 Action released a candidate scorecard known as the 2020 Climate Test to assess presidential hopefuls on three major metrics: support for a Green New Deal, opposition to new fossil fuel development and refusal to accept money
from energy companies.Three candidates have made firm climate-forward commitments, issuing their support for the Green New Deal, vowing to keep fossil fuels in the ground and banning donations from Big Oil.
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Four candidates have supported two of 350 Action's three benchmarks.- Sen. Cory Booker (NJ)
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI)
- Gov. Jay Inslee (WA)
- Andrew Yang (CA)
Three candidates
have failed all three of 350 Action's tests, attacking the Green New Deal or making no firm pledges to work against fossil fuel companies.- Donald Trump (NY)
- Former Rep. John Delaney (MD)
- Former Gov. John Hickenlooper (CO)
Source: Mother Jones, "On Climate," on 2020 Presidential Hopefuls
Mar 27, 2019
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