To me, it seems like an awful lot of the world's problems would go away if corporations would start putting the betterment of humankind in front of profits. I know that will never happen unless they are forced, but hey, there's no crime in dreaming about it.
Anyway, so here comes this site called WalmartWatch.com. It's a site dedicated to exposing just how harmful the mega-chain is to humanity. Not just in how they underpay their employees or even how they buy products made with sweatshop labor, but also how they are directly taking money from Americans. One of the first things you'll see on the WalmartWatch.com site is a counter counting up the dollars Wal-Mart costs American tax payers directly and indirectly through tax incentives and also forcing their underpaid employees to take advantage of food stamps, medicaid and other government programs.
It's also a great way to follow Wal-Mart in the news--usually it's the negative things that show up there, all of which help prove my point that big business does much more harm than it should. Some could even argue that they do more harm than good.
Personally, I think corporations are fine, in theory. The original corporations had death-dates they would dissolve by. However, they've long since given that up in favor of immortal lifespans that blow past their original creators. The point is that it is this "extreme corporation" mentality that allows corporations to ignore the cost of human life in favor of the cost of profits. This has got to stop--if only politicians would stop taking money from corporate interests we might actually have hope of at least slowing down big business. Alas, to pass laws stopping big biz abuse, you need the politicos.
Don't forget to check out WalmartWatch.com...
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