tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565128606520217803.post165875930688056557..comments2023-08-13T02:38:03.434-07:00Comments on I'm Mrs. Brightside: IS BUSINESS ALWAYS THE "BAD GUY"?Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12768569658001165651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565128606520217803.post-14763507805735089992010-11-04T11:04:26.846-07:002010-11-04T11:04:26.846-07:00Most of the truly large corporations aren't &q...Most of the truly large corporations aren't "American" businesses any more - GM makes and sells more cars in other countries than it does here, for example, and for the major petroleum companies (to use another example) the US is just one of multiple markets -- so it never surprises me when they shaft us. Obama's problem (if you can call it that) is he's drunk the Reagan trickle down kool-aid without realizing it -- he's young enough to have spent most of his adult life hearing over and over that business is always the good guy, and that government can never work as well as the private sector. He's been inculcated with that mindset so thoroughly that even if intellectually he might see the flaws, he's still got a huge mental block about actually using the government to (how's this for a wild idea?) actually govern. Hence his leaning on Wall Street hacks like Bernanke while ignoring economists and policy wonks who actually have a grasp on reality (Krugman, Reich, etc.).Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565128606520217803.post-27321008133521029432010-11-04T10:53:51.499-07:002010-11-04T10:53:51.499-07:00Thanks for another great post. I agree with you en...Thanks for another great post. I agree with you entirely.<br />But I think it is the problem of the way the American public views the corporations. You can not think that business has any type of conscience! People have to get that through their brains! Business exists to make profit and make profit for its stock holders that is all it is about. Period. In the past the citizens have got benefit from this in terms of jobs and innovative products or services. Companies to not set up or change policy to give people jobs that is not what they are about.It angers me that people sit around thinking the companies will suddenly start being empathetic when it is really like watching the wolf go into the hen house and expecting a different result!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601972476631270966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565128606520217803.post-14716036652651694892010-11-04T04:26:48.869-07:002010-11-04T04:26:48.869-07:00This is a great post, Susan. There has to be room...This is a great post, Susan. There has to be room for good corporate citizenship and profits. I want to hope things will improve, but if there isn't some negative pressure applied via taxes or tariffs, what's the incentive for business? They haven't been willing to help the country out in a crisis so why would they change their minds now just because of the election? (That's been Joe Scarborough's contention - after the election, business will stop holding onto their money.) <br /><br />With globalization, business doesn't need us as workers or consumers anymore. Not like before.lisahgoldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11158660223296807317noreply@blogger.com