I’m Mad As Hell And I’m Not Gonna Take This Anymore

This plague threatens the entire world.

1)  The recent outbreak of peanut based Salmonella infections led me to a Wikipedia page that seems to show an increase in food borne illnesses since 1971.  Some years show only 1 outbreak.  While it’s true that there is a definite shortage of inspectors to enforce standards and practices, that’s not the reason for the problem.

2)  Automotive executives fly private jets to meeting to beg for taxpayer dollars to help them out of a jam.

3)  Bernie Madoff complains about house arrest after being accused of scamming $50B from investors.  I agree, he needs to get outside.  If I were the judge I’d provide him with a foot stand, stool and a sign proclaiming “FREE  SHINE” , and park his butt outside the front door of his Park Avenue prison to enjoy some human interaction.

4)  Companies move operations overseas to enjoy lower costs of goods and labor, keeping corporate tax breaks,  but take resulting profit gains for themselves instead of lowering prices a bit to spur spending.

“Recently, AT&T Wireless told the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission that it would lay off 1,900 employees this year. Communications Workers of America members obtained an internal memo prepared by Tata Consultancy Services of India that discussed how it would assume those U.S. jobs.”

The Plague we face is GREED.

The cure is HONOR.

Dictionary.com includes the following definitions of honor:  1) to accept and acknowledge personal responsibility for one’s actions;  honesty, fairness, 2) integrity in one’s beliefs and actions

Please Leave a comment or your favorite example of greed.