Posted by floatingbridge on November 10, 2011, at 22:53:23
In reply to Re: The top 1%, posted by Dinah on November 10, 2011, at 22:03:26
I think your idea of a corporate model with disinterested government oversight might work. I wouldn't object to that. However to deny corruption and corporations as a vehicle of corruption angers those who feel disenfranchised. I feel Romney was being disingenuous in denying he knew what the crowd was objecting to.
Sometimes corporations are afforded and can afford to win in court special privileges and become treated as almost super-entities with protections greater than any individual worker, employee, or shareholder is afforded.
I think that many of the people participating in the OWS movement are standing for equality in the only way they know how because they do not have access to legal means or the ability to direct public discourse towards their concerns. I am not put off by the signs nor the misguided talk or slogans that may get the lion's share of media exposure. If any respect is given to the Tea Party to which Sarah Palin has affiliation and not condeming the majority by the ridiculous minority that carry crazy racist signs and the neo-nazis that show up on the fringes of those gatherings, why object to the OWS movement?
Many corporations have learned that caring and providing for their employees makes good business sense, it's true. (I do question why the bottom line in the united states is always good business. I am not lobbying for a collapse of the economic system of the United States. That would plunge us into chaos and anarchy. That serves no one.). There are many corporations however that do not operate that way. They should not be supported or protected by someone as business savvy and intelligent as Romney or any government office or official.
There is a business model that tries to remove or not place overly narcissistic people in positions within their corporation. This model operates from the idea that true narcissists cannot benefit a corporation. I find this interesting that during the vetting process there is a personality analysis going on. This is just a side note to my personal comments regarding Palin and Perry.
I dig a pony.
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