Here's What's Wrong In One Sentence

[Kevin Spidel]

transparency in words....


Here's What's Wrong In One Sentence

Every now and then, a politician lets slip a comment that shows us exactly what's wrong with our political system, and exactly how bought off our government really is. Today, it came from Maryland's governor, and he managed to boil it down into one sentence:

"(It is) bad policy because it...establishes that a state will dictate to businesses the type and level of health insurance they must provide for their employees." - Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) on a proposal to force Wal-Mart to provide bare minimum benefits to its workers

That's right - in our bought-and-paid-for political system, the idea of making Corporate America fulfill any minimum responsibility to our country, such as making sure workers at the wealthiest company on earth aren't on welfare, is off the table. This, in a country that supposedly cherishes "family values."

Sources:
MSNBC quoting Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R-MD):
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8333653/