| Autor: |
Gonzales, Maureen, Gonzalez, Jennie |
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Conference Papers - American Sociological Association; 2004 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, p1-17, 19p, 1 Chart, 2 Graphs |
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ABSTRACT Personal Affluence in the United States and the Power to Create War In the months following the World Trade Center attacks in New York, the Bush administration and Congress implemented a number of policies in the name of national security. These policies, the Homeland Security Act, Patriot Act and the Iraq war that followed, created additional military and defense contracts that financially benefited wealthy individuals and the corporations where they are employed or subcontracted with. This study was designed to explore the pattern between personal wealth and support for these policies. The results show evidence that there is a pattern between the affluent and support for current U.S. policies that may have benefited their financial situation. The results revealed that Republicans, who were the majority of the affluent, also showed the highest support for current U.S. policies and had benefited the most from these policies through corporate contracts. This raises the question as to how much political power affluent individuals in corporations have in influencing both U.S. and foreign policy for personal financial gain, which in turn undermines the democratic principles this country was founded on. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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