Intro: "Monsanto may soon be forced to pay as much as 7.5 billion dollars back to the farmers who say that the mega corporation took their rightfully earned income and taxed their small businesses to financial shambles."
Monsanto now faces charges that may exceed $7.5 billion to farmers. (photo: unknown)
Monsanto Faced With Paying 7.5 Billion Back to Farmers
22 June 12
onsanto may soon be forced to pay as much as 7.5 billion dollars back to the farmers who say that the mega corporation took their rightfully earned income and taxed their small businesses to financial shambles. It all started with a monumental lawsuit launched by over 5 million farmers against Monsanto looking to recover financial losses from ridiculous seed taxes that bankrupted many families.
Back in April, a Brazilian court ruled that Monsanto absolutely was responsible for paying back the exorbitant amounts of cash back to the farmers, ordering the company to issue back all of the taxes collected since 2004 — a minimum of 2 billion dollars. Afterwards, Monsanto appealed the decision and the case is now suspended until a further hearing is initiated by the Justice Tribune of the local court stationed in Rio Grande do Sul.
Recently, however, the Brazilian Supreme Court declared that any decision reached in a local court case should apply nationally. The result? Monsanto now faces even larger charges, due to the larger legal application on a national level. Now, the charges total or exceed 7.5 billion dollars.
“The values involved could total 15 billion reais ($7.5bn),” said the Superior Tribunal of Justice on its website.
Lawsuits and criminal charges continue to hit Monsanto, scratching away at the financial foundation of the agricultural behemoth. Monsanto has been found guilty of chemical poisoning in France after their weedkiller product led to neurological problems, and the company has even dished out 93 million to victims of toxic dioxin. As Monsanto continues to be slammed with lawsuits, many of which are from multitudes of affected farmers and individuals, awareness spreads among the general public regarding the corporation’s true acts.
It was this same corporation that was caught running what has been labeled slave rings, in which workers were forced to work for 14 hours per day or more cultivating the fields and were not permitted to leave. Monsanto’s crimes are slowly coming to light, and the public is demanding action.
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They are so very tight with this administration! So the question is; Is Monsanto also too big to allow to fail?
Monsanto cares - about their bottom line.
And most of the people in charge don't live next door to the outcomes of their priorities and decisions - yet. But if they keep on as they are, they will. Whereas, most of the rest of us already do.
We have to continue to keep getting the word out. Another good source of information is the Organic Consumers Association free weekly newsletter. They've been onto Monsanto for a long time. And there are other corporations like Monsanto who want to control our food source. Find out what companies they own, and boycott everything they sell. After all, if they only notice what affects their pocketbooks, that's how they will need to be spoken to.
Thanks for all you do.
Monsanto just became involved in the largest *BEE RESEARCH* laboratory. I fear for the future of bees around the world. Colony collapse disorder (CCD) is no small thing, and I worry that Monsteranto will be attempting to create "Roundup-ready bees".
Being realistic and trying to not be cynical though, they have so much money and so much political clout that 'swept under the rug' has been but hopefully won't continue to be the rule.
That vote on the Ag bill yesterday in Congress kind of illustrates how deep their purchase has gotten to be.
Casey of Pa whose father did tremendous work signed on with Monsanto. I wish he would get voted out but that means more reds in this sickeningly red state Pa
Pity that the US Congress won't follow suit but this is after all, the last refuge of rouge corporations maintained and driven by their huge staffs of attorneys and lobbyists (especially Monster-anto). But if the rest of the world goes after M' successfully, these scabious, scurvy rats will no doubt desert, or be cast from the decks of their formerly lucrative sinking ship; power-reinforce ment, manipulation and money is all they live for after all.
Well, they've started by folding on a US one already and as long as M's corporate lobbyists and lawyers have such unfettered access to the beltway crews, it's going to have to come from other countries, the grassroots and alternative media. As I stated, the US is their last refuge and we need to make ourselves heard, possibly through a branch of "Occupy".
And as others have pointed out here, Monsanto is just one -Union Carbide comes to mind too (remember Bhopal?). Unfortunately, the Indian government (where Monsteranto have done so much of their global harm) is pretty corrupt and purchasable too.
We just have to keep pluggin' away at them from inside and loudly support actions outside the country.
Don't expect much support-in-trut h from the owner media either.
The Jim Hightower (formerly the Texas Agricultural Commissioner and now radio and print populist activist) has his Commonsense Newsletter and daily short piece on many community radio stations nationwide, is a good source of ongoing information, as is David Barsamean's "Alternative Radio" (he was recently forbidden entry to India and still doesn't know why) and Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now"; they miss nothing, are courageous in speaking truth to power and don't quit!
I am hoping the Feed the World now see what is happening and pulls out of the seeds from Monsanto and other Poisoners.
Remember you, your family and your animals are eating this food. Our water...well, enough said
Africa is the next Victim and it is time for others to show Africa this is not the way to go. Get the word out ... let's prevent more disease, more poisons
Upward and Onward through the Fog . . . .
They should be deluged with hate mail and have their accounts hacked and disabled. People should be able to hold mass demonstrations against them in front of their homes and embarrass them before their neighbors, to hold them morally accountable for their wrongdoing.
They should be investigated and their lives written up in the press to hold them to public shame.
The worst evil of the corporate structure is that it shields individuals from moral responsibility.
Perhaps some of the authors of articles against should get the list.
Janice L. Fields
Janice L. Fields, 56, is president of McDonald’s USA, LLC, a subsidiary of McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s leading global foodservice retailer. She served as executive vice president and chief operating officer, McDonald’s USA from 2006 to 2010, and became president in January 2010. Her career with McDonald’s USA spans more than 30 years. Ms. Fields was elected to the Monsanto board in April 2008 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the Science and Technology Committee and of the Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Committee.
Ms. Fields has been elected to a term that expires in 2015
A link to the Monsanto Leadership
http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/Pages/monsanto-leadership.aspx
http://www.monsanto.com/whoweare/pages/board-of-directors.aspx
Jennifer L. Woods… Assistant Secretary
Hugh Grant… Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Pierre Courduroux… Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Nicole M. Ringenberg… Vice President and Controller
Robert J. Stevens… Lead Independent Director
Laura K. Ipsen… Independent Director
Gwendolyn S King… Independent Director
Steven C. Mcmillan… Independent Director
Dr. George H. Poste,D.V.M.,Ph D… Independent Director
Janice L. Fields… Independent Director
William U. Parfet… Independent Director
Jon R. Moeller… Independent Director
Arthur H. Harper… Independent Director
Dr. David L. Chicoine,PhD… Independent Director
Gerald A. Steiner… Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs
Steven C. Mizell… Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Robert T. Fraley,PhD… Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Brett D. Begemann… Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer
David F. Snively… Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Janet M. Holloway… Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff and Community Relations
St. Louis, Mo.
Go to Monsanto.com and have a look around. THAT'S what big corporations look like!
Who will farm for them, who will they buy seeds from with no money Monsanto?
Who is left to buy their crap?
The whole world has lived without Monsanto's seeds (of inequity) for thousands and thousands of years. There are perfectly accetable and adaptable seeds in the heritage banks.
Maybe the yields are a little less and maybe they are not insect repelling but their are healthier ways (integrated pest managemt for instance, organic farming to address these issues rather messing with mother Nature like monsteranto does. Putting a lid on population growth would help too..
Congress is already full of millionairs and this band of thieves stick together
like a nest of vipers
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Beverly Smith
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