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Are business ethics or profits more important?

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Ben Franklin said: "If you are good at what you do, people will beat a path to your door." That much is as true today as it was during a time when people desired to remove the economic extortion imposed by King George III and the vast imperialism of the Empire of Great Britain. You see, the idea of interchangeable parts as a means to produce arms for the American Revolution proved to be a major factor for "We People of the United States of America" to, at last, cast off the bonds of serfdom, in favor of a better way in which to stay healthy and alive. Well, that better way is known to all of us as Democracy.

So too, when our Democratic System of Government fails to insure the well being of the majority, something is clearly wrong somewhere. The struggle to remain free of economic repression should be one fought on a daily basis by every person within the United States of America. Recessions and depressions are the result for people within Countries where the elected Politicians do nothing in which to maintain a stable economy where inflation is a very slow and a nearly imperceptible factor in the economic equation.

So too, the shock and awe of war is nothing more than a clever diversion, by President Bush and his Republican Administration, to restore the practice of serfdom, World-Wide, as a means to control the resources and the people of the entire World. Prove me wrong.

Some say that President Bush and each and every member of the Republican Party are nothing more than the bank-rolled and the elected "Yes People" of the richest people on Earth. The legalized extortion of the majority is just as bad as the imposed repression of King George III. Can this mean that the rule of Royalty is again joisting for a position at the top of our social order and our belief in a Democratic way of life?

Well, until the Pope or some such Religious Leader proclaims that President Bush, as part of a Religious Ceremony, was selected by God to be the Leader of His people, President Bush will remain nothing more than the worst representation of the Number One Symbol of Democracy that "We People" elected or will ever elect to the Office of President of the United States of America.

You see, he did nothing but support the richest minority of the richest people on Earth and he and his follow Republicans used our hard earned money to continue that work. That is why the rate of inflation is rising higher than a kite in a hurricane. That is why the owners and the controllers of those Multinational Corporations are allowed to continue to export our jobs to Foreigners within Foreign Countries. That is why our record balance of payments deficit rises higher with each passing minute.

When all of the wealth is sucked out of the people within the United States of America, then what? Will we have another Revolution or another Civil War for the purpose of protecting our God given rights, or will "We People" simply become homeless and die on the streets within the once beautiful cities within the once beautiful Country of the United States of America?

Sure, any business must earn a profit, in order to remain in business. Then again, when that's the only business in town and that business gives back little or nothing of value for the consideration received, that business will be profitable, no matter how high its prices for all of the things that "We People" need, in order to stay healthy and alive.

That, Dear Reader, is not only unethical but it is also immoral and truly is contrary to all that "We People" hold so dear to our heart. Who will you vote for in 2008?