Thursday, April 03, 2008

When the going gets tough, corporations get....

So this is exactly what happens when the going gets tough - people cut back, cut corners and corporations being "people" (well the Supreme Court says so!) they cut corners too. The problem is there really are no consequences for corporations to cut corners - the worst thing that can happen is their share holders loose a buck. Big deal - who does that hurt in the corporation? The employees, shareholders and in the case of Southwest Airlines some customers maybe - the executives and the corporate body itself bail out with a big fat parachute and live on to another, more lucrative day. This is exactly why we need government regulation - to keep corporations honest. Government puts bad people jail and it should be putting bad corporations in jail - but, thanks to George Bush, it doesn't. Because regulations "are bad for the economy". Oh, oh, hurt me people! Someone should tell those people that there are only two kinds of Republicans - billionaires and suckers. Which are you?

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