Originally, companies, now massive corporations, have been exploiting our nation since the Great Depression. The groundwork for this was set at America’s founding. And somehow, we have been thanking them for it. Why?
I've talked about this recently: Corporate Thought - The Corporation, 14 Years Later: The Thought That Ate the World
As corporations have taken more and more profits from both the public and the government, our nation has invested less and less in the things that sustain us. Our infrastructure, education, and public health have all been left behind.
To distract us, corporate interests have pushed one of our major political parties to make tax cuts a priority. The claim is that it helps people keep more of their income, but in truth that income has already been rerouted to corporations. The result is a government that can no longer keep up with the demands of time or the needs of its people.
Look around. Bridges are failing. Roads are deteriorating. Schools are outdated and struggling to meet global standards. Ignorance is rising, and people are teaching their children that evolution is a lie and that the world is only 6,800 years old. How do you think that happens? Because we have stopped investing in knowledge, in science, and in progress.
We must pay our taxes, not as a burden but as an act of shared responsibility. Government needs to function properly so it can maintain what individuals and corporations will not. That also means people must be able to live decently, earn enough to build and improve their lives, and still contribute fairly to the system that supports us all.
Meanwhile, monopolies are reappearing, even though laws were written to prevent them. Comcast’s merger with Time Warner, two of the lowest-rated companies for service, shows how consolidation limits competition and degrades quality. In too many cities, one company controls access to the internet, entertainment, and communication. Many of these providers also own the content they deliver. That does not create progress. It creates control.
Monopolies do not exist to make our lives better. That is what governments are for. Corporations exist to make shareholders richer. Governments should never serve that purpose.
Speak. Complain. Protest. Serve. Until government becomes what it was meant to be: a force for the common good.
Cheers! Sláinte! Na zdravie!
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