The problem is that the multinationals continue to receive the benefits of their American roots as though they were domestic corporations while no longer having any concerns about the community...Have I captured the essence of your complaint?
Yes, that's the symptom of the problem.
The political environment is deeply corrupt, so it's easy for predators, foreign or domestic, to sap the strength of American blood and treasure. By paying think tanks for packaged rationale, focus groups and Frank Luntz for precise language effects, and greasing eager outstretched hands of selected members of the administration and 535 Congressfolk, any legislation can be passed. This includes stirring up warmaking on behalf of Israel, oil companies, defense contractors, or $400 Billion payoffs and increased monopoly powers to pharmaceuticals, or, next, $10 Trillion in pension funds to brokerage houses by privatizing social security in '05.
The amoral criminal and secretive nature of politics in Washington guarantees these actions to be completely predatory. Were they debated thoroughly and honestly in public, that's a process can convert policies to a win for all parties. As an insider's game the rules are to grab all the marbles, and hide the evidence, regardless of who gets killed.
It is secrecy that is the cancer weakening the Republic making unaccountable insiders and subjugated citizenry coalesce into warring factions. |
