Reply #45: Not all people who are rich are bastards

[Lorien]

Soros only strives to be rich so that he will have more $$$ to give away to the poor. I know Roy Disney personally, and he use to fight for us workers; he fought to keep various divisions of the company open, he fought to keep workers from being cut from full time to part time (when they would lose their benefits), but he never had much power against CEO Michael Eisner. Roy didn't flaunt his wealth, either. His suits came from Sears and he often lent out his company jet to those employees who weren't ultra wealthy who needed to get across the country on a moments notice (one of my friends used the jet twice). A distinction needs to be made between the Corporate pigs at the trough and those who have a lot of money but don't abuse anyone to earn more.

That said, another friend recently noted that the American worker IS indeed becoming a slave. He asked "back in the days of slavery in this country, what did the masters give to their slaves? A modest roof over there heads, clothing, and food. Just basic necessities.They didn't get many, if any, days off. They worked long hours for for the basics and weren't free to go where they wished. Now what are many American workers working for? The basics, and they rarely, if ever, get time off. They work long hours for the basics and aren't free to travel because they are often so short on funds and time. There's little distinction between slavery 200 years ago and a corporation's worker who barely makes more than minimum wage while working 60-80 hours a week.