Do You Trust the Federal Government?

[no1brownsfan]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

Good Point.
People need to wake up and see who is donating to these presidential campaigns.

If a lot of money is coming from Wall Street Banks and Large Corporations on particular candidates then you know those are some of the ones not to vote on because they will not be working for the countries best interest but the ones that they are beholden to that put them in power.

They will use the Media to to act like they are for the country, like Hope and Change, but it is all a smoke screen. Follow the Money.

Yes indeed!

[J746NEW]

Originally Posted by le roi

The answer is No, obviously.


But who DO I trust? Basically nobody. If we're making a comparison, government is more trustworthy than private corporations.

Agreed here.
But Our government has merged with the same corporations, so they are both untrustworthy.

A Private Corporations responsibility is to maximize profits for their shareholders.

The Governments responsibility is to serve the best interests of all citizens.

In Communism, The Government and Corporations merge, where they control the markets and reap the benefits while everyone else suffers. That is what we have now, and it does not matter what the order is, if it is the government calling the shots, or the corporations calling the shots. The outcome is the same where the government + corporations + Banks work to maximize profit for the elite at the top and everyone else suffers.

The governments job is not to maximize profits for anyone but to serve the bests interests of all citizens.

[no1brownsfan]

Originally Posted by J746NEW

Agreed here.
But Our government has merged with the same corporations, so they are both untrustworthy.

A Private Corporations responsibility is to maximize profits for their shareholders.

The Governments responsibility is to serve the best interests of all citizens.

In Communism, The Government and Corporations merge, where they control the markets and reap the benefits while everyone else suffers. That is what we have now, and it does not matter what the order is, if it is the government calling the shots, or the corporations calling the shots. The outcome is the same where the government + corporations + Banks work to maximize profit for the elite at the top and everyone else suffers.

The governments job is not to maximize profits for anyone but to serve the bests interests of all citizens.

Unfortunately, it's been like this for a long time now, and I fear that it will only get worse. The game may be rigged as the 2 main political parties have a lock on things, but I will continue to not play the "lesser of 2 evils game" and vote accordingly.

[HistorianDude]

Originally Posted by CAVA1990

Simple question.

And that's the problem with it. For thinking people, there is no simple answer.