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Do not get me wrong.... I am an idealist...but we all know idealism never works......the basic greed and competitive nature of mankind goes against the principle. In the real world corruption and greed exists in all walks of life.....that said it is up to us ALL as a society to prevent these things from happening.....or at least curb the worst offenders..well.... as much as we can. We need strong ethical governments who will bring out legislation to put a stop to the abhorrent practices that go on by companies and politicians alike.....and of course that legislation needs to be policed and enforced. There is nothing wrong with companies making a profit and most companies are OK per se......but some abuse their power and the public consumer, also the system and of course their own employees...however if they want to stay in business they must start to operate legally and ethically...they must not make too much profit and pay decent wages and provide good working conditions....they must also pay their taxes like everybody else.....nobody likes to pay tax but if it is fair and we see that OUR money is used efficiently, for the purposes it is meant for, I am sure we will all pay our tax bill without the usual complaints.....politicians and business must be accountable and transparent in their actions.......sadly at the moment that is certainly not the case.
Scott.... whilst I see where you are coming from we have no idea just how poor some of those people are in foreign countries and just how little they get paid in comparison to ourselves. The average wage in India ( a capitalist country last time I looked ) is $1000 a year......that is probably the reason why I always seem to get a Mumbai call centre when I phone about my cable tv or broadband bill. I suspect that in the USA $1000 is pretty much the average wage per week...... Most Asian countries have average wages even lower than India....In the Phillipines most people earn less in a couple of years than Americans do in a month.
Now before we get too pessimistic..... there is enough money in the world to go around...there is enough work to go around.......it just needs to be spread more evenly.