On the face of it, the recovery of the large corporations in such a dramatic way while unemployment has actually been edging up, is as suspicious as rising gas prices in a time of flat or falling demand. If the corps aren’t hiring here, does this mean their profits are coming from overseas production? It would be helpful to know what they are doing to show such dramatic results, and where they’re doing it. Obama’s GM has cut wages in half, but is it selling more cars or producing fewer cars more cheaply on the backs of labor? How much of this corporate profit is from purely financial activity?

It seems crazy

“Rocker Jon Bon Jovi becomes White House official
06:03 15/12/2010

U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated famous rock star Jon Bon Jovi as a member of a newly-founded White House Council for Community Solutions.”

Rocker?

:D

I suppose that’s better than appointing glennis beck or madonna….

On the surface, maybe, but the problem goes a bit deeper and involves treating one’s fellows as something to be exploited. In other words, the basic flaw of capitalism.

Imagine you had to pay for sexual relations with your beloved, each and every time, or extract wages for the same (I know, in the usa, that is all too common, and has always been…).

My goal under the capitalist system as a worker is to work for $1,000,000/hour
My goal under the capitalist system as an employer is to get you to work for 12cents/hour

Therein lies the conflict………………..and the employers are currently winning!