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Originally posted by whomod:
a lot of conviction and passion for change and returning America to it's rightful masters, us, rather than the corporations.
whomod appears to have fallen into that trap of thinking of a corporation as some sort of entity devoid of a human element, almost like "the Matrix," or the evil robots in the "Terminator" movies, that simply sucks up money into a black hole to never reappear.

Corporations are, of course, made up of people. The people receive money from the efforts of the corporation. They use this money to buy goods and services from others which, in turn, creates more jobs, allowing others to purchase goods and services, and so on and so forth.

All of these people pay taxes on these transactions, and on their income, which in turn funds government programs, such as schools and welfare.

Furthermore, many of these goods and services produced by corporations are actually quite pleasant to have. They include food, clothing, medicine and even things to entertain us, such as the computer whomod seems to enjoy so much.

So, perhaps, rather than simply jerk one's knee in revulsion at corporations, we might want to consider whether a policy that favors them doesn't actually, in the end, favor us all?