Reply #163: I am in much agreement with what you have said.

[olegramps]

Indeed, corporations are without a conscience. It is the duty of the legislature to provide rules that prevent corporations from not destroying the people who are affected by their existence. In essence it is their duty to be the corporations "moral conscience".

Isn't this the problem that we face today? Corporations have been given free rein to put profits before decent treatment of their employees and customers alike. It has to do with a sense of justice. Is it justice that a person who runs a health care insurance company should make nearly $500,000 dollars a day while denying essential services to those his company is insuring?

Yes, the rich pay the largest percentage of taxes, but in reality it is only a small portion of their total income. Progressive taxes are the only way to level the playing field. It is not likely that an equitable situation will ever exists when corporations are making the rules. We have realized this fact for some time and have made various attempts to mitigate the situation. Perhaps the most effective would be term limits and campaign finance laws. Isn't it the professional politicians that have created this disaster in which people feel hopeless? Their very survival is threatened. No jobs, home foreclosed, no health insurance, desperate. Isn't the concern for the least of us suppose to be the difference between Democrats and Republicans? Isn't it the smug Republicans who have either inherited their wealth or by good fortune to have stuck it rich that don't give a damn about the lazy good for nothings who can't pull themselves up by their bootstraps. I can't help by think of St. Paul when he said there but for the grace of God go you and I.

I can't help from also thinking of Plato's Republic in which the most important aspect of developing an ideal society is the proper appllcation of justice for all its citzens. Is it just that someone can make millions while watching their fellow citizen barely able to survive?