Reply #85: It would also mean busting up the media

[camero]

I agree mostly with your assessment of the big picture but we must also include avarice as a national crime and not just a local one.

Wages are subjective in that we only pay people in terms of the value that society places upon that particular occupation. That is why we see a baseball player making millions while a teacher makes a miniscule amount.

Also, I see a CEO making 500 times the rate of the lowest paid worker as a form of embezzlement, as it takes funds from the company that could very well be used for other things.

Correction: I do like your idea of local control (e.g. the Green Bay Packers being owned by the county as one example) but the key to controlling the effects of capitalism is keeping it in a box also, much like you keep a monster in a cage.