Opinions of Corporate America (McCain, happy holidays, gasoline, Clinton)
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85% of jobs in America are by small business owners..
No idea why liberal hippies spend so much of their time ralling against "Corporations"
Always seemed weird to me.
Did you just pull that 85% stat out of the air? I know for a fact that 10% of all Americans work for some sector of our government, be it either city, state, county or Federal--Go ahead and look it up if you want--That would leave only 5% left to be employed by large corporations. And since WalMart employs about 1.4 million people, your 85% stat is looking to be about as accurate as Paris Hilton taking a Trig exam.
I'm neither a liberal nor a hippie, but I have a huge problem with the way large corporations pay K Street lobbyists millions of dollars to influence and sway congress in order to pass legislation so as to meet their private agendas, often at the expense of small business owners.
But I'm not naive either; I realize that us consumers must accept some of the responsibility for the incredible power companies like WalMart wield these days. We demand low prices and a wide selection of goods, as well as convenience and no-questions-asked return policies. Many of us won't patronize a local merchant if his prices are even, say, 10% higher than WalMarts. We pay good lipservice to the old "support your local business" adage, but when it comes time to ante up at the checkout counter we find ourselves at one of those big box stores.
Having worked for a fortune 150 Company for 30 years, what concerns me is the drive for profits, without concern for the workers, Oh yeah the Corporate Moto is always Safety first, Enviromental protection, respect for employees, bla bla bla. But the avg. CEO makes 400 times the amount of a line worker, up from 20 times in 1980. Only a few private companies offer real Pension Plans anymore, they now offer 401K's in which you save for your own retirement. They have cut medical and dental all the wile making record profits....by sending new jobs oversees...
+10. They are even starting to cut back on matching contributions on 401K's now, so you are going to be lucky if you even have a nest egg when you retire. Actually, let me correct myself, if you can actually afford to retire.
In my opinion it's never been a question of whether corporations are all that dangerous on their own, or that government is truly a terrible thing, but, the combination of government and corporations working in concert are really a combination to be feared. Here on CD the rants go back and forth over the fear/hatred for both entities as singular objects of derision, but their combined power is no match for the likes of the average citizen or a large group of citizens for that matter. I don't see any way that we'll ever unseat this combination from it's ruling perch.
Corporate America is about making the most profit possible by any means possible.
That means squashing your potential competition no matter how small, buying off politicans to legalize your agenda, molding young minds into future consumers of your products through means devious and damaging to the person's best interest, saturating the world with your propaganda, be it TV, movies, radio, your home phone or front door,your mailbox, your internet, your kid's elemetary school, or through giant scenery trashing billboards. There was even a scheme a few years back to project advertisments on surface of the moon visible from earth!
...Leave no one free from your influence, alter their behavior to your advantage, control what they see and don't see, turn them from citizens to consumers, totally dependent on you for all of life's wants and needs.
Then, when you have your thralls in your control, you suck them dry and usurp their collective power, then rule the world as absolute master of the human race.
Giant Corporations are such nice folks....
Well put and true.
From Dr. Britt's 14 points of Fascism(the Repugs ideal):
""""9. Power of corporations protected
Although the personal life of ordinary citizens was under strict control, the ability of large corporations to operate in relative freedom was not compromised. The ruling elite saw the corporate structure as a way to not only ensure military production (in developed states), but also as an additional means of social control. Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of “have-not” citizens."""""
This really holds true in regard to the latest handoff from our collective pockets to the banksters who ate our lunch and then gave themselves a great big tip.
This really holds true in regard to the latest handoff from our collective pockets to the banksters who ate our lunch and then gave themselves a great big tip.
What about all the people who bought a house they couldn't afford? Banks fault for lending money? What brought those banks down? Default loans. Yes, the banks went too far, but the borrower had their head up their _____.
People are ALWAYS look'n to blame someone else for their ignorant/stupid mistakes.
All this knowledge on the net, yet people are still too lazy to investigate/learn.
Oh, well. Make's people feel all warm and fuzzy when they can lay the blame on someone else.
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Opinions of Corporate America
