Reply #35: I'm thinking or hoping (or maybe both) that when most people

[truedelphi]

Talk about being against Big Corporations, they meant the BAD and DISHONEST policies of SOME corporations.

I have met my share of people who think that PROFIT = BAD.

Which as you point out is not the case PER SE.

I too have known of large companies that were benevolent and small companies that were headed by a dishonest or bad person.

But in general, when a person starts mentioning the BADNESS of a large company, I think they are (or should be) referring to a company that politicizes something that needs to remain free of politics.

For instance, when Big Pharma got the Reagan Administration to play all sorts of games in order to have the FDA approve of NutraSweet -without even a label stating that children under five should not consume the stuff, despite evidence of neurologic mis-developments that might occur when children do consume it.

Also, currently we have Big Industry desiring the continued war in Iraq as it is so profitable for the suppliers. Everyone from the automobile manufacturers who supply the Hummers to the Hallibruton side of things there. Big industry's campaign contributions make it unlikely that the war will end in even 2009.