Moreover, this corporate
gambit is based on the concept that to save individual jobs the American worker
must sacrifice so that the shareholders gain on a quarterly basis. Look at the case of a Mercer Island woman in
Washington State who not only lost her computer position to outsourcing, but
was required to travel to India and train her replacements, so that she could
earn a paycheck as long as possible.
Think about that: she was coerced to make herself replaceable so that
she could keep working a few more weeks before she was forced to go on
unemployment. Once she had completed her
task, she was now the property of the U.S. government, and the company that she
once worked for has washed their hands of her.
There is nothing new about
this idea. It is as old as private
enterprise; however, in this age of global malaise and America bashing, it is
ironic to see that the most proficient bashers live right here at home. Our
corporations instead of lowering their profit margins and looking at the long
haul have become more and more short-sided as CEO’s and CFO’s look for ways of
boosting their personal wealth because their life expectancy at the top of the
corporate pyramid remains limited. Is this the way that life should be run for
the millions of Americans who rely on corporate honesty?
Of course not, but that is
the way the world spins, so it is time for the American workers to fight for themselves
and attack the power structures that are more concerned with corporate parties
then corporate dental plans. Money talks,
and now that the Supreme Court has spoken; companies are persons, so said
companies if they have the funds will not only be able to blackmail their
workers, they will be able buy any legislation they want as they act as
individual agents looking for new government entitlements.
That is not the only way
today’s corporations stiff America. If fleecing American workers is not enough,
these self-styled oligarchs feel as if paying taxes is just too burdensome, and
they are seeking relief, so that their shareholders can earn more revenues. Why
should they be in the business of helping anyone other than themselves? They
are able to use their new status as a person to leverage political advantage in
the form of large unchecked donations, which acts as sort of a wink of the eye
quid pro quo.
These huge corporations are
vampires that are sucking the life blood out of America for their own personal
gain. But, as we know, these are people whose greed is so unquenchable that
they will lie, cheat and steal all the while blaming government for the
economic collapse of the American middle class while the NASDAQ, Dow Jones and the
S&P 500 reach heights never before imaged.
You have to hand it to people
like the Koch brothers and Burger King and Apple and Microsoft for finding a way
not to pay their fair share of taxes so that a greater burden is placed on
small businesses, as well as the working and middle class. You are a tremendous
example of what America is all about: CORPORATE GREED.
The tax burden is so
overwhelming to large American corporations that our politicians have made sure
to eliminate the possibility that these special people be required to pay taxes
and help pay for the infrastructure that they so desperately need to run their
businesses. Or, help pay for the police that protect their businesses. Or, help
pay for the educational institutions that create the workers that will make
their businesses profitable.
The Me Generation of the late
‘60’s and early 70’s has come home to roost. You billionaires who are willing
to outsource thousands of jobs, spend hundreds of millions of dollars to rig
political contests or on pet projects, but refuse to participate in the upkeep
of our democratic principles and way of life: shame on you.
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