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Corporate “America” is more about stealing American sovereignty and wealth for the few than enhancing it for the many.

That has a nice Marxist ring to it.

I am not accusing you of being a Marxist, but your statement shows just how deeply it has permeated our culture. Corporations have no obligation to "the many" other than to offer them goods and services that they want at a price they're willing to pay.

If they're not doing enough of it to suit you, look to your government as the cause -- not the American citizens who are trying to make the best living they can.

“Corporations have no obligation to “the many” other than to offer them goods and services that they want at a price they’re willing to pay.”

I don’t necessarily disagree with you and to reassure you I’m no marxist. But what we forget is that 30 years ago US corporations just as US citizens had loyalty to the US, its flag and created national value for USA citizens. When corporations were doing well the USA was doing well. I supported corporatism in that environment. Today the multi-national corporate world has no national allegiance except to their CEO, BOD and questionably to shareholders. They get overpaid to destroy and mismanage good companies, with Lucent and HP as being two examples of many.

Multi-national corporations look at USA and national sovereignty as a PITA to them. They have no special allegiance to either the USA or USA citizens, but they want our politicians sending USA troops to die for them if it is their interest. They will support and use any country that rewards them. They want citizens supporting R&D that they can use to expand the economies of other countries. We would refer to a citizen who has the same turncoat qualities as a traitor...wouldn’t we?

What we need are import tariffs. It would bring back home the loyalty from corporations and self sufficiency to the USA. Eliminate the corp income tax, that they dodge, and establish tariffs on every component or product that comes back into the USA. They need to be encouraged to produce in the USA what they sell here as was done in the ear;y 20th century before the European bankers created the Federal Reserve and the income tax ( 16th Amendment) fraudulently passed.

Corporations have no obligation to "the many" other than to offer them goods and services

This is top of the line globalist BS.

The American government, meaning THE people of the United States, grant corporations their status. The American PEOPLE had created a government that was based on the rule of law, so that corporations could thrive based on the fact that the law, if followed would protect their interests and allow them to profit. Finally the American PEOPLE are the ones, who for example, joined the Navy or other military, and have suffered and DIED to protect commerce and allow trade!

You say we get NOTHING for that? Your comments show you have no regard for this country or its founding and you have drunk the globalist communist Kool-aid. Because corporations, as they are operating now, are nothing but global collectives that rely on corrupting our government, economic rapine of our economy to support their international 'business' activities, and outright communism to support the slave labor they so love.

So you say they have NO obligation? We should dis-incorporate them and let them hang themselves with their communist co-conspirators.