That led to Senate hearings on safety features in cars and whetted Nader's activist appetite. The consumer activist also played a key role in creating the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Speaking before a College of Business Administration audience Tuesday afternoon, Nader warned a crowd of about 30 students and faculty to be wary of traditional economic yardsticks in measuring corporate accountability or the fitness of the economy as a whole. A twice-unsuccessful presidential candidate, Nader said he would prefer to see corporate giants penalized for contaminating the environment and other abuses than see taxes imposed that big business can fight in the courts or with accountants. Business money is corrupting politics.
Money really talks and it nullifies our votes.
Nader also criticized attempts at so-called tort reform. But the truth is that only one out of 10 people injured on the job file suit. We filed more suits per capita in 1830 than we do today. Turning Points in the Life of a Spiritual Activist. The Fates of Human Societies.