[sixmil]

Corporations are taking control of our gov't and so far we are going along with them. Some of these corporate types are so short sighted that they believe that driving US workers into the ground will improve their bottom line. I say short sighted because they forget that their workers are also their customers. So, they make it easy for themselves to make money by getting subsidies and favorable legislation from the gov't, but this is a zero sum game since these corporate gains come at the cost of workers. This system will work as long as things aren't too bad for too long. Eventually people will wake up and realize that businessmen are worse governors than lawyers.

[GOP_1900AD]

Writing in generalities - The typical business leader in 1945: Unabashedly Right leaning Conservative, educated broadly include good old time religion, raised by a normal two parent family, a military veteran, fiercely nationalistic and pro-USA, a pillar of the community, upright and law abiding. The typical business leader in 2003: Moderate to Lefitst, irreligious or a new ager, raised at best by a disfunctional two parent family (with substantial rebellion against parental authority by the children), no miltary service or if so only in the reserves with no combat experience, internationalist or globalist polity and economic view point, detached from the community living an isolated lifestyle in a gated community more in tune with what is on the satellite dish than 1 mile away, morally bankrupt / moral relativist law breaker, used or still does take illegal drugs, went to school at one of the places where Communist peacenickism was the institutional norm, believes in innate superiority in all respects Vs most others in the world. [BTW - I am not unemployed, in fact, just two minutes ago I was participating in corporate executive decision making - I know well about what I write...].