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RE: I'm tired of corporations...
By GeekWithFire on 3/23/2011 11:22:22 AM , Rating: 3
And I hope they keep making too much. They hire employees and ARE the economy.

RE: I'm tired of corporations...
By TheRealArdrid on 3/23/11, Rating: 0
By woofersus on 3/23/2011 12:52:44 PM , Rating: 2
You realize "corporations" just refers to a type of business organization, right? Are you simply advocating less business in general? How would that make us better off? Maybe they should all close and fire everybody in order to benefit the country. After all, the EU has shown us that governments can just hire everybody with no adverse affect on their tax base. (sarcasm)

Layoffs suck, but it's a reality of a free job market. While I don't condone executives who make selfish decisions at the expense of the company and its employees, a company seeking to maximize profit is the only healthy way to operate. Profits mean growth, which means more jobs. Cost savings mean lower prices, which is economically the same as higher income for customers. It's time to recognize the difference between profit seeking activities and "greed" in an immoral sense.

RE: I'm tired of corporations...
By Solandri on 3/23/2011 1:02:39 PM , Rating: 2
And then lay those same employees off in order to squeeze out more and more profit, not because they need to but because they're greedy and simply want more.

And employees switch jobs not because they need to but because they're greedy and simply want more.

The combination of the above two is what drives the market and technology forward. If you're unable to keep up, then you're either too lazy or too stupid to improve yourself at the same rate that everyone else is. (you = employees and corporations) The company doesn't exist for the employee, and the employee doesn't exist for the company. They both have something the other wants, and are simply temporarily partnering with each other for their mutual benefit. When either party feels the arrangement is no longer beneficial, they are free to terminate the partnership.

I'm all for social safety nets like unemployment and a few years of welfare, because sometimes you do get unlucky and end up on hard times through no or little fault of your own. I have no problems with providing assistance to give people time to pick themselves up off the floor when that happens. Heck, even if it was entirely your fault, I have no problem helping you get back on your feet - presumably you learned something and won't make that mistake again. But it's ludicrous to suggest that we could improve things by dismantling the engine which has propelled mankind to more technological progress in the last 100 years than in the previous 5,000+.
This country would be better off with less corporations or, at the very least, a significant curtailing of the amount of influence they possess.

A corporation is simply a group of people agreeing to work together. As a group of people, they should have more influence than a single individual.

Where the problem has crept in is that influence now comes from money, instead of from votes. The problem is not corporations per se; it's money. We need to diminish the importance of money in politics.

RE: I'm tired of corporations...
By FITCamaro on 3/23/2011 1:55:13 PM , Rating: 2

I guess wanting to be happy with what they're doing or work too much for too little pay don't ever factor into it.




