It's obscene!

Is he a Taker?

It makes no sense for the average person to support a government run amok with corruption. It's obscene!

The USA is a stranger to its people.  The government defends and protects corporations as if they were its citizens. They reap billions in profit from City, County, State and Federal agencies.   Woodrow Wilson must be turning in his grave. It was he who created the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It gave it power to forbid unfair business practices and officers of corporations liable for illegal acts of those corporation. This is the law and its intent. In the past 50 years the FTC is merely a rubber stamp for Corporate America. 

Prior to the FCC, Teddy Roosevelt, felt that large corporations had become too powerful and had become corrupt. He  touted individualism.  Whereby every citizen should be free from the control of powerful organizations.  He believed it was the government's role to keep individuals free from control. Many years later a fellow Republican president, Ronald Reagan, began to court the power of corporations and disavow individualism.

Wilson and Roosevelt where correct to force corporations and even small business from abusing their employees and corruption.  Now we see the opposite, corruption and excesses rewarded and the average worker a miscreant. Workers are maligned both by their employer and government.  They are viewed as lazy and overpaid. Retirees, the sick and the disabled are said to be "takers." Its obscene!

3.8 Billion in Revenue  2012

Retirees, disabled or low income families can barely afford to buy food. They turn to charitable organizations for assistance but they have less and less to offer.  Year after year our government reduces the budget for entitlements and increases the cost of services to those dependent. Why? Corporate power. Our representatives are their whores and our government is corrupt to its core.  It's nonfunctional! Its obscene!

While many of us fear loss of income, furloughs, property values drop, medical care cost increasing, corporations demand more and more money from our government.  In Hillsborough County, Florida, recently gave Bass Pro Shops a 6.5 million dollar subsidy to open a mega store. "I want to commend Bass Pro on their outstanding record of partnership with local communities.  We are very pleased to welcome them to Hillsborough County,” said Commission Chairman Ken Hagan.  He forgot to mention Bass Pro Shops' revenue of 3.92 billion as of November 2012. Is Bass Pro Shop a taker? YES!!

Corporations pay significant political contributions to their political whores of our  their government. In their defense, a few help local food pantries but mostly during Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, 4th of July, and maybe on Mothers and Fathers Day. Some times they will accommodate the disabled but if they can get away with non-compliance, they will. Our government structure is entrenched with corporate America. Their influence has created a nonfunctional government. Its obscene!