The Greening of Corporate America

If the average citizen was to throw a paper bag out of their car window or drive down the street without a muffler, they would be ticketed, and rightly so. So why do the major corporations of the world continue to spew forth the pollution that is bringing about the end of the world as we know it that much sooner than necessary, killing off endangered species as though they don't matter without fear of retribution? The answer is money. Like the HMOs, the NRA, the Automakers, and the Oil Companies, a well-placed dollar goes a long way to having government look the other way. The last eight years have given the worst producers of the earth's toxins a free ride with no danger of making changes to save the planet. As one of the people whose children will be most negatively effected by this eight year running start, I would like to see the guilty parties at the very least be made to adhere to a real plan to reverse the damage already done and begin creating environmentally compliant business practices and designs. If they fail to do so in a timely fashion, they should be punished criminally if not monetarily.

What Would Henry Ford Have Done?

Henry Ford, 07/30/1863 - 04/07/1947
Founder of the Ford Motor Company

He said, "It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

Why are the American people being asked to pay for the automakers' folly more than once? Wasn't it bad enough we had to lose our jobs, watching them go to other countries without us as the same gas hogs were built here? These companies were making billions in record profits while laying people off. Right now, General Motors is building a $3 million dollar factory in Russia, but they are asking the United States government for money. What would the reasoning behind that be? Why aren't they building a factory in America to put Americans back to work and build hybrid cars or, even better, solar powered automobiles? Are these questions being asked by Congress of these automakers to decide whether or not to give them taxpayers' money once again?

Remember, Henry Ford also said, "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."