Sneaky Tricks Call For Firm Actions.

       A couple of items in the news in the past few days point out a problem this country has with corporations and the very wealthy. I speak of Volkswagen and it's decision to cheat on emissions testing technology and the hedge fund manager who bought the rights to a critical drug that sells for $13.50 a pill and then raised the price to $750.00 per pill. Because he could.
       My cousin said something I have to agree with. He said it's just "more proof corporations won't look out for the public if given the chance to." Just what chance have we given them anyway? Well we gave corporations the chance to be classified as people, but they don't want to treat other people as they would be treated. We gave hedge fund managers a terrific tax break called "carried interest", saving them millions per year. but that doesn't seem to be enough for them. They want to cheat too, by placing seriously ill people in a position of not being able to afford the drug that can save them.
       The sad thing is, corporations just don't really care about people and neither do extremely wealthy people. Of course there are exceptions, but those folks who do care about their fellow man prove it by agreeing they've got it too good and are willing to share. So what's my point?
       My point is that since these corporations and hedge fund managers have shown they don't deserve the special benefits we've bestowed upon them. It's time to take those special benefits away. It's time to put some of them in jail for what are clearly cases of criminality.
       Unconscionable actions call for conscious action. These folks and corporations will never change their actions until they are forced to by example. If you speed down the street at twice the speed limit and the cops just wave you on, you're never gonna slow down. But if you start getting speeding tickets, your gonna modify your schedule to allow for earlier departures.