Reply #5: Bush II ushered in the CEO model of government and [View All]

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Obama seems comfortable with this. There is a misconception that republicans, MBAs and corporate businessmen are serious and disciplined and that this is somehow the proper model for an efficient and effective government.

So we have endowed large corporations (i.e. placed our trust in their seriousness) with new super-citizen privileges including extraordinary rights, judicial protections and policy control unavailable to the public. In the corporate model of government, super-citizens (i.e brokerage houses, huge corporations and executive directors) hold preferred shares and extra voting power.

The public is sort of a cross between employee and common stock holder who pays retail. Sure - we get to vote on the board of directors but our vote is completely meaningless since common shares have diluted voting power. The board's nominees are all buddies so a change isn't really a change. And, like most retail customers, our return on investment (i.e. taxes) has been less than spectacular. Our investment contributions have been diverted into a system designed by huge corporations to benefit huge corporations.

So, capitalism, in this case, is working exactly as designed. Health care "reform" won't be any different in this regard. The industry is simply designing the system which can make a small number of people extremely wealthy - whether its health care or jelly beans. We see how well this model worked for Goldman Sachs and other huge wall street firms, so its only natural for the health care industry to do the same. In the end, a few massive companies will roll in cash while screwing over the public, all to end in 10 years with another massive bailout for the same group of companies. We will prove once again that without any concern for the health of the nation, capitalism, with extreme prejudice, does in fact make some people very, very, rich and a whole lot of people very, very sick.