Resolution Endorsing a Call to Stop War Profiteers and End
Corporate Invasion of Iraq.
September 07, 2003.
Endorse the call by the Institute of Southern
Studies to stop the war profiteers and end the corporate invasion of
Iraq.
Today, a handful of well connected US corporations- many with scandal
ridden business records, are making billions in profits off the
suffering of war, and pushing, with the aid of the US military, a
destructive plan for privatization. Many of these big corporations
exert undue influence in US politics, making big contributions to pro
war politicians who reward them with huge military contracts. Powerful
multinational businesses are also leading a corporate invasion of Iraq
with aims to loot the oil, water, and other resources that belong to
the people.
Proposal: WE CAN STOP THE WAR PROFITEERS AND LOOTERS
The Green Party of the United States will endorse and join the growing
movement demanding an end to U.S.-led war profiteering and corporate
looting of Iraq's wealth and resources.
We call on Congress to immediately convene hearings to investigate the
activities and influence of the war profiteers: After World War I,
Senator Gerald Nye launched the Munitions Investigating Committee in
1934 to examine the influence of arms manufacturers during the war. We
call on Congress to investigate war contractors and their undue
political influence.
We call on Congress to curb war profiteering through an "excess
profits tax": During the Civil War, World War I, World War II,
and the Korean War, the U.S. government instituted an "excess
profits tax" to ensure companies didn't profit off death and
destruction. The Berkeley city council recently passed a resolution
urging Congress "to introduce legislation calling for a high
percentage tax on all excess profits on every contract dealing with
U.S. military action in Iraq and/or the 'rebuilding' of Iraq."
We call for an end to the corporate take-over and selling-off of
Iraq's industry and resources, and demand that they be returned
immediately to the Iraqi people. The wealth of Iraq belongs to the
people of Iraq - not multinational corporations. Control of Iraq and
its resources must be returned to the people.
References: http://www.southernstudies.org/index.asp
