"Big Corps have STOLEN our Country | ZFS 78
"Big Corps have STOLEN our Country | ZFS 78  
Podcast: The Zach Foust Show
Published On: Fri Jun 12 2026
Description: Send us Fan MailI sat down with Todd Achilles, the independent veteran running for US Senate in Idaho against a man who has been in Idaho politics for over 50 years, bragged that the Senate was an easy job in his first month, and has become a rubber stamp for whatever comes out of the White House.Todd served in the Idaho Legislature and built a reputation as one of the most bipartisan members in the capital. He is now running as an independent and was trailing the incumbent by 14 points 90 days before we recorded this. As of last week he was down four. Pay attention to Idaho.We went deep on everything. RealPage and algorithmic price fixing that has stolen an estimated $700 million from Idaho renters since 2000. Corporate ownership of single family homes and why banning purchases is not enough without a forced divestment period. The Dodge versus Ford case from 1917 that legally locked corporations into favoring shareholders over workers. The Powell Memo. Citizens United. Stock buybacks consuming 90% of corporate profits while employees fall onto the social safety net. Non compete agreements being used on burger flippers. Unions. Public lands. And why competition is the single most powerful economic tool we have stopped using.Todd answered every lightning round question I threw at him. Age limits on Congress. Term limits. Ending insider trading. Banning corporate PACs. Ending the carried interest loophole. Banning Citizens United. No super PAC money for himself. He said yes to nearly all of them without hesitation.This is the kind of candidate that gets replaced. Let us make sure that does not happen.Subscribe to the Zach Foust Show and join the Dollar Club to keep independent media alive. Drop a comment. Would you vote for Todd Achilles?Support the show