My husband has cancer, and so far chemo isn't helping. I only bring that up because he has been dealing with pain for nearly two years. Increasing doses of Oxycontin do nothing to alleviate the pain, only increase his dependence on Oxycontin.
He has been left, at age 76, to skulk around trying to find connections to procure weed in order to ease his pain. And this pisses me off. Our legislators, drinks in hand, are quick to point out that marijuana is too dangerous to allow us simple folk access. Meanwhile, they whine about having to clean up the air we breathe and the water we drink, claiming that the polluters would suffer if forced to clean up our living space.
In defiance of the facts, we are encouraged -- encouraged -- to bring guns into bars, schools, pretty much anyplace except the state and US capitols that these idiots inhabit. And because facts would prove the need for gun control, they pass laws preventing the collection of data about gun control.
On the other hand, they are concerned enough for our bad behavior that they allow cameras on every street corner and permit police to invade our houses in search of illegal poker games and, of course, medicinal marijuana.
Just as much psychotic legislating goes on regarding our health care: laws that grant the government the right to monitor our decisions about our bodies, while denying health care to pregnant women and infants. Death panels? Not from Obamacare, but from our own legislators, the ones whose stated goal is to protect us from the evils of providing health care to all.
Here we are, listening to bullshit about freedom from the people who are attempting to limit our choices, curb our freedom to live in pursuit of life, liberty and as much freedom from pain as possible. These are the people who are all too quick to make laws that deny us our rights while granting them to corporations. Regulate the people, not the banks, or the pharmaceutical industry, or Monsanto, or the Kochs.
So why do they get elected? In the beginning, this time around, in the 70's, our good lives had some setbacks, and the fearmongers turned us against ourselves. They had been waiting for their moment, and it came, and so they preached the evils of unions, and regulation, and ungodliness. And they found a teflon coated actor to lie to us, and the American people bought it. Morning in America.
And as corporate America became more powerful, even those of us who knew they were wrong began to believe we could not win. We stopped voting, we stopped fighting. Our unions compromised themselves out of existence. Our politicians leaned ever more to the right in order to not fall off the sinking ship.
You don't have to look too closely to see the hypocrisy. On the one hand, control the individual, with the Patriot Act, with electronic spying, with laws that make our lives more dangerous and on the other hand pass laws that prohibit us from making decisions that would keep us safe.
Meanwhile, my husband would just like to be able to buy some grass so he can get a little rest from the pain.
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Saturday, July 12, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Beating Graham
Some of you may not know that Lindsey Graham does actually have an opponent in the upcoming election. Brad Hutto has been around and involved in state politics for awhile, and represents SC Senate District 40. I was so impressed with his strong stand on women's right to reproductive freedom and privacy that I hoped that he would be that candidate who is unafraid to really promise to make a difference.
Sadly, based on his website, this does not appear to be the case. Other than promising to fight for a woman's right to make her own health care decisions without government intervention, his statements on issues tend to be along the lines of trying not to say much that might be controversial. Getting people off food stamps, improving education and infrastructure (while making sure government tightens its belt). He's going to "fix" the Affordable Care Act, by allowing people to choose the best plan and at the same time not letting the insurance companies be in control. Granted, he promises to support alternative energy development, but even Exxon claims to do that.
I like Brad. And we all know it took guts to step up to run against Graham, who has been courting the biggest of the big money backers for a very long time. He doesn't have lots of billionaires who are going to be writing him checks because frankly, they have Lindsey Graham in their pockets. What he does have is lots of people who might make the effort to get out and vote for him if he is willing to take a strong and public stand for them.
I don't know anyone who is sponging off the government by collecting food stamps. That allotment is a pittance, and yet it helps to sustain more of us than you can imagine. I like that Hutto is speaking out in support of raising the minimum wage. But $10.10, by the time it gets passed in the Senate is still inadequate. It will still keep families living in poverty. By the way, those of us who are living with the help of food stamps -- you don't even know who they are, because they are embarrassed and afraid to admit it. In order to get rid of the need for food stamp assistance, our government needs to take a strong stand against employers who claim they are unable to stay in business if they give employees a living wage.
And here's more unsolicited advice to State Senator Hutto:
Don't be afraid to speak up for Obamacare. Honestly, if you're willing to campaign on all the great benefits of the Affordable Care Act, you will be doing a great service to the public, because you will be fighting the absurd and destructive disinformation campaign that idiots like Graham have been promoting, all in the name of fear-building in order to garner votes.
And by standing up to right wingnuts on women's reproductive health, you've gotten our attention and a lot of loyalty. Mention it every chance you get, and we'll actually get out and vote for you.
Here's something few politicians do in South Carolina: talk about the great work Elizabeth Warren is doing to curb the great and powerful Wall Street beast. And specifically talk about the bill that was recently defeated that would have allowed people to refinance older student loans at current lower interest rates, and Lindsey Graham's part in that defeat. And if you want students to get out and vote for you, talk about making college more affordable. Oh, go on, even talk about subsidizing education, the way we subsidize big oil and big agriculture.
For that matter, you might even get some hard-core republican farmers out to support you if you talk about how failure to regulate and large government subsidies have strangled the family farm, and small business in general. Because Graham and his gang have convinced voters that the enemy is government, where the enemy is actually the giant corporation with their lobbyists and lawyers that control people like Lindsey Graham.
So many issues, and it's just a matter of explaining to people how the current system, with Graham and Scott, have worked to keep us one of the poorest states, with bad roads, failing education, low-paid workers, inadequate health care, oh, and gun violence.
The issue that seems to have alienated more of us Dems than any other is that of gun control. Hutto voted for the ridiculous bill that allows guns in bars and restaurants, putting the onus of responsibility on the bar/restaurant owners. If you're afraid of the people here who are passionate about their guns, you should know that even gun owners understand that there is a time and a place for wielding that weapon. Here we are in 2014 making the country's top-10 list for gun violence.
I would give pause at the voting booth when I consider that you might be in the US Senate, voting on a bill that would require background checks and limit ammunition capacity. Such a reasonable law, adopted in states that recognize the need, a law that might actually make life safer on the streets and in our schools, I would have to say at this point you would vote against it.
All things being equal -- and in politics in 2014 they are not -- you just might win against Graham. But because all things are not equal, Brad Hutto needs to be a strong alternative to Lindsey Graham, not a lukewarm bunch of promises. My motto here in South Carolina is, if you're going to lose anyway, you might as well speak out. In fact, and in a wonderful irony, speaking out will get you the greatest chance of beating the odds and winning that election.
So, Brad, go out and defend us against the likes of Lindsey Graham.
Sadly, based on his website, this does not appear to be the case. Other than promising to fight for a woman's right to make her own health care decisions without government intervention, his statements on issues tend to be along the lines of trying not to say much that might be controversial. Getting people off food stamps, improving education and infrastructure (while making sure government tightens its belt). He's going to "fix" the Affordable Care Act, by allowing people to choose the best plan and at the same time not letting the insurance companies be in control. Granted, he promises to support alternative energy development, but even Exxon claims to do that.
I like Brad. And we all know it took guts to step up to run against Graham, who has been courting the biggest of the big money backers for a very long time. He doesn't have lots of billionaires who are going to be writing him checks because frankly, they have Lindsey Graham in their pockets. What he does have is lots of people who might make the effort to get out and vote for him if he is willing to take a strong and public stand for them.
I don't know anyone who is sponging off the government by collecting food stamps. That allotment is a pittance, and yet it helps to sustain more of us than you can imagine. I like that Hutto is speaking out in support of raising the minimum wage. But $10.10, by the time it gets passed in the Senate is still inadequate. It will still keep families living in poverty. By the way, those of us who are living with the help of food stamps -- you don't even know who they are, because they are embarrassed and afraid to admit it. In order to get rid of the need for food stamp assistance, our government needs to take a strong stand against employers who claim they are unable to stay in business if they give employees a living wage.
And here's more unsolicited advice to State Senator Hutto:
Don't be afraid to speak up for Obamacare. Honestly, if you're willing to campaign on all the great benefits of the Affordable Care Act, you will be doing a great service to the public, because you will be fighting the absurd and destructive disinformation campaign that idiots like Graham have been promoting, all in the name of fear-building in order to garner votes.
And by standing up to right wingnuts on women's reproductive health, you've gotten our attention and a lot of loyalty. Mention it every chance you get, and we'll actually get out and vote for you.
Here's something few politicians do in South Carolina: talk about the great work Elizabeth Warren is doing to curb the great and powerful Wall Street beast. And specifically talk about the bill that was recently defeated that would have allowed people to refinance older student loans at current lower interest rates, and Lindsey Graham's part in that defeat. And if you want students to get out and vote for you, talk about making college more affordable. Oh, go on, even talk about subsidizing education, the way we subsidize big oil and big agriculture.
For that matter, you might even get some hard-core republican farmers out to support you if you talk about how failure to regulate and large government subsidies have strangled the family farm, and small business in general. Because Graham and his gang have convinced voters that the enemy is government, where the enemy is actually the giant corporation with their lobbyists and lawyers that control people like Lindsey Graham.
So many issues, and it's just a matter of explaining to people how the current system, with Graham and Scott, have worked to keep us one of the poorest states, with bad roads, failing education, low-paid workers, inadequate health care, oh, and gun violence.
The issue that seems to have alienated more of us Dems than any other is that of gun control. Hutto voted for the ridiculous bill that allows guns in bars and restaurants, putting the onus of responsibility on the bar/restaurant owners. If you're afraid of the people here who are passionate about their guns, you should know that even gun owners understand that there is a time and a place for wielding that weapon. Here we are in 2014 making the country's top-10 list for gun violence.
I would give pause at the voting booth when I consider that you might be in the US Senate, voting on a bill that would require background checks and limit ammunition capacity. Such a reasonable law, adopted in states that recognize the need, a law that might actually make life safer on the streets and in our schools, I would have to say at this point you would vote against it.
All things being equal -- and in politics in 2014 they are not -- you just might win against Graham. But because all things are not equal, Brad Hutto needs to be a strong alternative to Lindsey Graham, not a lukewarm bunch of promises. My motto here in South Carolina is, if you're going to lose anyway, you might as well speak out. In fact, and in a wonderful irony, speaking out will get you the greatest chance of beating the odds and winning that election.
So, Brad, go out and defend us against the likes of Lindsey Graham.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Everybody Panic!
As go Skinnerian rats, so go the corporate CEO's and Wall Street honchos.
Everybody's in a panic over the impending sequestration/disappearing tax cuts.
I'm frankly tired of hearing about how big business (or, as the right wing calls them, small business) and the stock market are reacting to the potential loss of pennies on their billions of dollars.
We plain old people have been called whiny, lazy, greedy and unimportant for quite long enough. Since 2008, many of us have lost homes and jobs; since long before that, we have not been able to afford health care. Creepy Mitt Romney, who some still believe is a nice guy, figures that Obama won the presidency by offering us unwashed masses goodies like health care and affordable student loans. His prediction for liberals winning the White House in 2016 is free dental care.
Asshole.
Really. It's hard to frame a serious rebuttal to a man who builds elevators for his cars, while for years a growing number of Americans have had to choose between the mortgage and medication, car repairs versus clothing.
Mormon or Christian, there is no religion that I know of that scorns people for wanting to be safe and healthy. And while our friends and neighbors helplessly lost their health and security, we have had to listen to politicians and the media whine about fearful, insecure multi-millionaires.
How could we even conceive of denying bonuses to the Wall Street geniuses that plunged us into recession??? How can we expect corporations to hire people and pay taxes at the same time???
Bullshit.
When times are bad, we have been told to suck it up. Pull your kid out of college, skip those dental appointments, patch up that old car yet again.
I believe it is time for the wealthy to stop the hell whining. If you want your business to prosper, invest in research and pay a living wage. If you want the stock market to succeed, then sell stocks that are worth the investment, and not mere quick and dirty trades. Stop screwing around with the power you hold.
And our politicians need to stop feeding the power machine. Because it is broken.
As for me, I've given up so much financial security over the years as these criminals have continued to plunder our democracy, that raising my taxes doesn't scare me. I can't afford the dentist or the car repair as it is. You really can't take that much away from me.
So sequester the hell out of yourselves. And end those tax cuts. Lets see how long the cowardly bullies who hold all the cards last when the cards become worthless.
In this country, there have been times when things got so bad that Americans stood up and said, "I am willing to risk my life to make things better." It's time to do that again, folks. For ourselves and for our children.
Everybody's in a panic over the impending sequestration/disappearing tax cuts.
I'm frankly tired of hearing about how big business (or, as the right wing calls them, small business) and the stock market are reacting to the potential loss of pennies on their billions of dollars.
We plain old people have been called whiny, lazy, greedy and unimportant for quite long enough. Since 2008, many of us have lost homes and jobs; since long before that, we have not been able to afford health care. Creepy Mitt Romney, who some still believe is a nice guy, figures that Obama won the presidency by offering us unwashed masses goodies like health care and affordable student loans. His prediction for liberals winning the White House in 2016 is free dental care.
Asshole.
Really. It's hard to frame a serious rebuttal to a man who builds elevators for his cars, while for years a growing number of Americans have had to choose between the mortgage and medication, car repairs versus clothing.
Mormon or Christian, there is no religion that I know of that scorns people for wanting to be safe and healthy. And while our friends and neighbors helplessly lost their health and security, we have had to listen to politicians and the media whine about fearful, insecure multi-millionaires.
How could we even conceive of denying bonuses to the Wall Street geniuses that plunged us into recession??? How can we expect corporations to hire people and pay taxes at the same time???
Bullshit.
When times are bad, we have been told to suck it up. Pull your kid out of college, skip those dental appointments, patch up that old car yet again.
I believe it is time for the wealthy to stop the hell whining. If you want your business to prosper, invest in research and pay a living wage. If you want the stock market to succeed, then sell stocks that are worth the investment, and not mere quick and dirty trades. Stop screwing around with the power you hold.
And our politicians need to stop feeding the power machine. Because it is broken.
As for me, I've given up so much financial security over the years as these criminals have continued to plunder our democracy, that raising my taxes doesn't scare me. I can't afford the dentist or the car repair as it is. You really can't take that much away from me.
So sequester the hell out of yourselves. And end those tax cuts. Lets see how long the cowardly bullies who hold all the cards last when the cards become worthless.
In this country, there have been times when things got so bad that Americans stood up and said, "I am willing to risk my life to make things better." It's time to do that again, folks. For ourselves and for our children.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The More Things Change
I was disheartened by the time I finished reading The Wrecking Crew by Thomas Frank. It is an amazing history of the political right-wing, going way back, but especially since the Reagan years. Apparently, the crazy, incoherent philosophies of people like John Boehner have all been choreographed by movement ideologues for decades. It is no accident that the goal of the last Congress was to say no, and halt the movement of the Congress. And it worked.
A party united is what the corporations that own our politicians paid for, and Frank documents the intricate relationship that has developed among corporations, lobbyists and members of Congress. The Gingrich House exists today, Boehner's contract on America an echo of that penned by Gingrich.
If it seems strange that the Boehner promises, from transparency to jobs, have fallen by the wayside, and after the symbolic death of Obama's Affordable Health Care Act our House is now tackling issues like abortion, that is also a part of the plan. While their social base is getting fired up about issues like abortion and gun rights, the fact that jobs are not being created is left for the upcoming election, when Obama and the Democrats will be blamed for the failure.
We all laughed when, after the 2008 landslide, the republicans, as united as ever, insisted that it was their agenda demanded by the American people. But it worked. Tossing out the words "socialist" and "nazi" can still get you mileage when the voters are too scared and exhausted to know better.
After I finished reading The Wrecking Crew, I decided to go back to Molly Ivins' collected essays on the Clinton years, You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You.
What I most remember from my first reading of this collection at the end of the 90's, is that it wasn't funny. Molly Ivins, who made us laugh with the riotous stories of the Texas lege, wasn't laughing. That Bill Clinton caved and compromised on so many issues critical to the welfare of the American people, I believe it broke her heart.
Making deals to benefit the corporations while cutting benefits to the poorest and youngest Americans. Paving the way for those corporations to take jobs and dollars overseas, while slashing salaries and benefits for their workers back home. Downsizing. Increased productivity. Record salaries for CEO's. Record profits for Wall Street.
I supposed it's fitting reading for January, when our President has just allowed cuts to the payroll tax that funds Social Security and Medicare while continuing the huge tax cuts for the top one percent of American earners. Talking about extending social security retirement age being on the table, while the very wealthy (top 1/2 of one percent) maintain the right to pass millions of dollars, untaxed, to their heirs.
What would Molly say if she were still with us? Maybe she would just shake her head and again say, "You got to dance with them what brung you."
A party united is what the corporations that own our politicians paid for, and Frank documents the intricate relationship that has developed among corporations, lobbyists and members of Congress. The Gingrich House exists today, Boehner's contract on America an echo of that penned by Gingrich.
If it seems strange that the Boehner promises, from transparency to jobs, have fallen by the wayside, and after the symbolic death of Obama's Affordable Health Care Act our House is now tackling issues like abortion, that is also a part of the plan. While their social base is getting fired up about issues like abortion and gun rights, the fact that jobs are not being created is left for the upcoming election, when Obama and the Democrats will be blamed for the failure.
We all laughed when, after the 2008 landslide, the republicans, as united as ever, insisted that it was their agenda demanded by the American people. But it worked. Tossing out the words "socialist" and "nazi" can still get you mileage when the voters are too scared and exhausted to know better.
After I finished reading The Wrecking Crew, I decided to go back to Molly Ivins' collected essays on the Clinton years, You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You.
What I most remember from my first reading of this collection at the end of the 90's, is that it wasn't funny. Molly Ivins, who made us laugh with the riotous stories of the Texas lege, wasn't laughing. That Bill Clinton caved and compromised on so many issues critical to the welfare of the American people, I believe it broke her heart.
Making deals to benefit the corporations while cutting benefits to the poorest and youngest Americans. Paving the way for those corporations to take jobs and dollars overseas, while slashing salaries and benefits for their workers back home. Downsizing. Increased productivity. Record salaries for CEO's. Record profits for Wall Street.
I supposed it's fitting reading for January, when our President has just allowed cuts to the payroll tax that funds Social Security and Medicare while continuing the huge tax cuts for the top one percent of American earners. Talking about extending social security retirement age being on the table, while the very wealthy (top 1/2 of one percent) maintain the right to pass millions of dollars, untaxed, to their heirs.
What would Molly say if she were still with us? Maybe she would just shake her head and again say, "You got to dance with them what brung you."
Saturday, December 4, 2010
That's the Spirit
Joseph Shamie, CEO of Delta Children's Products, was quoted on Friday's NBC Nightly News: "In order for Delta to start hiring, we need to know where our taxes are going, where health care is going."
As he owns a relatively small family business, I would have liked to ask him in which direction he was hoping to see taxes and health care going. Sadly, this was left out. Until I did a little research at Reference USA I assumed this was some big businessman rooting for tax cuts and the death of the health care legislation. Now I am thinking that either he is misguided and assume he doesn't know that tax cuts would apply to him as a small business owner, and that health care legislation would benefit him, or he is in fact rooting for Democratic tax cut legislation to pass as well as preservation of the health care legislation.
Again, what is doing in the Democrats appears to be misinformation, inadequate information and poor reporting.
I have no doubt that big corporate interests are refusing to hire because, a) it increases profit, and b) it holds the U.S. Government hostage by so doing.
The more I hear Boehner and McConnell and the members of their chorus in Congress, the more rote and unconvincing sound the words. Tax cuts for the wealthy make no sense. While most in Congress would gain considerably from an extension of these cuts, I believe they are more controlled by threats from Big Business than by the dollars they themselves will enjoy from the extension.
Business controls us in ways we can't even imagine, although it would be to our best interest to try to understand the behind-the-scenes manuevers. For wealth, Ken Lay knowingly ran Enron into the ground, the Wall Street bankers gambled on the US economy, and big food conglomerates are willing to risk the safety of the American people. And every day our Congressmen and women are meeting and greeting the leaders of industry and their lobbyists, and being told in no uncertain terms that it will bode ill for them and our country if they do not tow the line on tax cuts, as well as relief for the middle class.
We need to recognize that the welfare of this country is being decided in board rooms and by lobbyists, and that for the past four years they have determined the "Just Say No" strategy of our Congressional republic leaders. Because we need to know not just who is mouthing the words, but who the puppet masters are.
As he owns a relatively small family business, I would have liked to ask him in which direction he was hoping to see taxes and health care going. Sadly, this was left out. Until I did a little research at Reference USA I assumed this was some big businessman rooting for tax cuts and the death of the health care legislation. Now I am thinking that either he is misguided and assume he doesn't know that tax cuts would apply to him as a small business owner, and that health care legislation would benefit him, or he is in fact rooting for Democratic tax cut legislation to pass as well as preservation of the health care legislation.
Again, what is doing in the Democrats appears to be misinformation, inadequate information and poor reporting.
I have no doubt that big corporate interests are refusing to hire because, a) it increases profit, and b) it holds the U.S. Government hostage by so doing.
The more I hear Boehner and McConnell and the members of their chorus in Congress, the more rote and unconvincing sound the words. Tax cuts for the wealthy make no sense. While most in Congress would gain considerably from an extension of these cuts, I believe they are more controlled by threats from Big Business than by the dollars they themselves will enjoy from the extension.
Business controls us in ways we can't even imagine, although it would be to our best interest to try to understand the behind-the-scenes manuevers. For wealth, Ken Lay knowingly ran Enron into the ground, the Wall Street bankers gambled on the US economy, and big food conglomerates are willing to risk the safety of the American people. And every day our Congressmen and women are meeting and greeting the leaders of industry and their lobbyists, and being told in no uncertain terms that it will bode ill for them and our country if they do not tow the line on tax cuts, as well as relief for the middle class.
We need to recognize that the welfare of this country is being decided in board rooms and by lobbyists, and that for the past four years they have determined the "Just Say No" strategy of our Congressional republic leaders. Because we need to know not just who is mouthing the words, but who the puppet masters are.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Public Property
At a time when our bodies are no longer private, but subject to x-ray, our emails are "read" for advertisement content, national id is just around the corner and RFID is a marketing tool, isn't it time for corporations, who are after all individuals, to share as well?
I understand that Comcast is claiming it has the right to charge NetFlix for using their cable, and a pharmaceutical company can own the rights to a person's genes. Car manufacturers can buy the rights to the great oldies and sell their metal pollutants to songs that remind us of our youth. Amazon has records of every book I've ever bought, and lets me know it with a smiley face that says, we'll take care of you, we'll tell you what you want to buy next.
So how is it that corporations get to own stuff and keep it secret, but we don't? Why is every single thing I do available to corporations and the government, but pharmaceutical companies get to hoard their research findings, prohibiting further research and competition? Why does a cable company get to lay down cable through my neighborhood, and then own the rights to it forever?
And why is a corporation allowed to benefit from government research, investment, subsidies, with absolutely no obligation to us, the American people?
Why do we continue this fantasy that a corporation does so much good that it owes nothing? That in and of itself, a corporation has the right to merely serve itself? Capitalism for its own benefit spawns greed and stagnation. Capitalism is at its best with solid government regulation, because the theory corporatism espouses is not just amoral, it is immoral. Capitalism which injures innocent people for profit (health insurance), which prohibits research and growth (pharmaceutical), which inhibits or prohibits access to information (internet neutrality, free wireless access), these are all immoral. When our government has to provide airports as well as airport security, while the airlines are charging for everything but use of the restroom (wait, it's coming), we need to rethink what capitalism is, and what a democracy should be in relation to it.
I don't need to hear one more time about how we need to be giving corporations tax breaks for the privilege of making profit from our communities. I believe it's time our government rethought to whom it was responsible: the citizen or the corporation.
I understand that Comcast is claiming it has the right to charge NetFlix for using their cable, and a pharmaceutical company can own the rights to a person's genes. Car manufacturers can buy the rights to the great oldies and sell their metal pollutants to songs that remind us of our youth. Amazon has records of every book I've ever bought, and lets me know it with a smiley face that says, we'll take care of you, we'll tell you what you want to buy next.
So how is it that corporations get to own stuff and keep it secret, but we don't? Why is every single thing I do available to corporations and the government, but pharmaceutical companies get to hoard their research findings, prohibiting further research and competition? Why does a cable company get to lay down cable through my neighborhood, and then own the rights to it forever?
And why is a corporation allowed to benefit from government research, investment, subsidies, with absolutely no obligation to us, the American people?
Why do we continue this fantasy that a corporation does so much good that it owes nothing? That in and of itself, a corporation has the right to merely serve itself? Capitalism for its own benefit spawns greed and stagnation. Capitalism is at its best with solid government regulation, because the theory corporatism espouses is not just amoral, it is immoral. Capitalism which injures innocent people for profit (health insurance), which prohibits research and growth (pharmaceutical), which inhibits or prohibits access to information (internet neutrality, free wireless access), these are all immoral. When our government has to provide airports as well as airport security, while the airlines are charging for everything but use of the restroom (wait, it's coming), we need to rethink what capitalism is, and what a democracy should be in relation to it.
I don't need to hear one more time about how we need to be giving corporations tax breaks for the privilege of making profit from our communities. I believe it's time our government rethought to whom it was responsible: the citizen or the corporation.
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