This all brings up a good point of what our expectations are of a US based
corporation is and more so does our form of government support those
expectations and ideals?

- Is it an expedition that a US public corporation will achieve long term
growth to support investors?

- Is it an expectation that a US corporation will pay taxes to support the
government and infrastructure that it operates under?

- Is it an expectation that a US corporation will employ people to support
the location (City, State and Country) that it operates in?

- Is it an expectation that a US corporation will meet the above goals and
at the same time compete in a world market?

If these are the goals and ideals, then it seems relatively simple to
implement rules and, specifically financial incentives / disincentives to
support the Ideals?  ...but then again I am not a politician and nothing is
simple :)

-j



Their motives might be dubious but, the law of unanticipated
consequences can have positive as well as negative effects.  When
people play with their own money then they usually adopt far more
prudent behaviour than if not.  If they do not, then it is their
money and not the public's that is lost.


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