It’s really rather amusing to see rich people screwed over by even richer people.

I am not a negative person by nature. What I express in my posts, are things realistic. I basically took what everyone else was expressing as a negative, and put forth ideas on how to possibly rectify the situation. I try to do that in all my posts, where applicable.

Corporate America (as well as the rest of the corporate world), cannot by design, listen to the wants and needs of an individual, or a few people. It’s just not generally conducive to their bottom line. This is where the (mostly correct) impression of the big companies walking all over the little guys, comes from. Without getting into a huge discussion of all the reasons behind this, I’ll just say that what sounds like negative talk when I’m referring to situations such as the Fourth of July fireworks debate, is just me exposing the raw reality of it all.

In closing, what really sucks, is when corporate America buys government introduced but corporate designed bills, and legislative voting, on other issues concerning them. A solid Democracy putting forth guidelines, rules, regulations, and what-have-you, is what is needed to prevent big business from spiralling out of control. Whenever that is sidestepped by corporate lobbying and PACs, then we move another little step towards corporatocracy.

One last thing which has had me thinking about a lot, over the past few years, is the political and economic situation in China. The type of government they have there (Communism, State Socialism, Oligarchy, or call it what you wish), cannot survive in the long term, existing alongside a capitalistic free market system. It is doomed to failure. One day The Chinese Government and Corporate China will come head to head for control of the economy and country. You just cannot have the freedoms necessary for a free market to properly grow and prosper, in a system which must exercise extreme control over everything, especially free will and free speech. It will be the will of a few, versus the will of a few (as compared to the masses). That’s my little forecast for things fifty or so years down the road.

Charlie.

Charlie- i hope you’re more positive in real life.

What was Macy’s thinking? Well, that retail sucks and that fireworks are expensive and that if they can get Tishman to kick in for part of the cost, Macy’s saves $$ and still gets to say they do the biggest fireworks display in the country…

That “letter” does what is known in the retail business, as “handling” the customer. It gives the air of explaining or solving the problem, when it really accomplishes nothing of substance. They are just nice words strung together, seeming to have real meaning; sort of like most political speeches.

Charlie.