Hello...long time no talk. I am curious as to what you think OWS will accomplish in the "long run"? I am also curious as to your stance on corporations intermingling with politics. I know it is better to do something than just sit on your ass while the world falls apart around us, but what is your goal, or what do you personally wish to accomplish?
Corporations, bankers, and politicians have been battling and intimately tied together since George Washington stepped aside over 200 years ago. Corporations (which you admittedly work for) are not "evil" they are just things. The ultimate goal of any corp in a free market capitalist society is to be dominant, and have the largest share in their field /area of business. The final outcome would be that the largest becomes a monopoly unless the Govt steps in. We all know Corporations never try to do this anymore. They keep going until there are only 3 or 4 mega corporations left in their area, and then stop and use price fixing to maximize profits.
At the end of the day corporations and their desire for profit will always be there, or what is the point of their existence? The influencing of politicians to ensure dominance in business has been ongoing. There is the problem! Limiting that influence directly by trying to make a law for this or a law for that is beyond too complex these days-- with a law, lawyer, legislation and corruption at every point set against you. The easiest and most sensible solution is to do one thing. One easy thing that will show exactly who your politicians are and who they ultimately work for...a rule. Not even a law really...a rule. every politician must...MUST...reveal who every single one of their donors are, and how much they donated. This list must be made publicly available every 6-12 months , and on a certain date/s. If donors try to get around it by covering their tracks..that is what investigative journalism is for--not opinion hit pieces on both sides. Be a fucking journalist, and not a shill.
And the Wall street folks are addicted to money, like most are addicted to porn. They cannot stop gambling! It is in their nature, and the easiest way to stop this is fucking easy. It's our money, or your money, or people's money. QUIT giving it to them. If your bank is bad take your money out. If a financial institution is corrupt take your money out. If they don't have money to work with they fold. The entire 401k and retirement mentality of Americans is fucked. It's gambling! Put your money in a safe or something, and companies provide matching funds for your money that is forcibly put into retirement accounts.......stop it! until we mandate that companies quit doing this there will always be a fresh source of capital for the money junkies to gamble with. End mandatory required retirement accounts funded by employees. Social Security is bad enough. The idea that we have an inherent right to a retirement is a false notion, and has fucked up our entire mindset. the same is true for health care. By building bigger bureaucracies we have dug our own financial graves.
If a person wants to have their own retirement account--fine. It shouldn't be mandatory. Same with healthcare. If hospitals don't want to treat you--they shouldn't have to. Instead of govt run healthcare have govt run clinics run by the Dept of H&HS. Your tax money goes directly to the govt and directly into the H & HS account, and not a fortune 500 company that influences politics.
Anyway^^^ There are two topics at least, if you have the time, I'd like your opinion on.
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