Constance Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
It's not just health care.
As I see it, the underlying question is: do we, as citizens, want a
system in which the highest ethical value is making more money, down to
the last penny, no matter what else is lost in the process? Especially
when some of the players who are doing the "down to the last penny"
strategy already have vast resources and don't have to act like
turn-of-the-century coal barons in order to survive and prosper. Quite
apart from aesthetics (like, would you rather have a downtown in your
small town or deserted storefronts and a Wal-Mart on the edge of town),
there are real drawbacks for everyone in the "down to the last penny"
strategy...
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is for everybody, more or
less. Can't do that if lots of people are sick. The rich are better off,
too, when everybody is healthy. Trouble is that too many people--rich,
middle class and poor--are too shortsighted/greedy/ignorant to figure
that out. Thus they don't plan ahead and consider future
consequences--truly "penny-wise and pound-foolish". Google posted Robert
Greenwald's video, Walmart - High Cost of Low Price,
http://snipurl.com/1r6tc. It's a free download.
Is there a video featuring a better-run company like Costco--not
including 'Idiocracy' or 'Employee of the Month' [although Mike Judge's
Idiocracy was funny]? There are plenty of companies that have management
with consciences, just not Walmart--one of the most expensive places to
shop.
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