No One wrote:
>
> "Justin"  writes:
>
> > On 27-Feb-2005, No One  wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I'll bet you'll find that a lot of money
> > > was behind these initiatives as well, particularly in states where
> > > the Republicans hoped to hoodwink religious nuts into screwing
> > > themselves by voting for someone who will favor corporate interests
> > > over those of the voters.
> >
> > Kind of off topic, but corporate interests are the interests of the voters.
> > Who writes your paycheck? (if you have a job)  More than likely it is a
> > corporation.  Corporations drive this economy.
>
> The insurance industry wants to kill any possibility of national
> health insurance, and will spend the money needed to get what they
> want.  This hardly reflects the interests of the citizens, which
> is to get adequate health-care.  The cellular phone companies have
> blocked attempts at "consumer bill of rights" rules, even when these
> simply require an understandable bill or the ability to get drop
> service without penalty charges if the company is not able to deliver
> the service it promised.
>
> Some corporations may "drive the economy" but that doesn't mean we
> should let them take advantage of people by basically stealing from
> them or treating customers in ways that are outrageously unfair.  And
> right now we live in a de factor "corpocracy" where it is
"one dollar,
> one vote."  The American public is by and large disenfranchised if a
> choice is between corporate interests and the public interest.

Unchecked, the corporaions run rampant, to the point that a republican,
Theodore Roosevelt, was compelled to reign them in.....

--
"If I suffer any more, Mel Gibson is going to make a freakin movie out
of me.."
Francesca, (eventually the next Lady Carrigaholt)


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