KindredSpirit’s Kaleidoscope: It is GREED Baby–GREED.

Each time I pick up the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle or turn on WHAM to hear my favorite morning talk show and expert Bob Lonsberry, I pour a cup of coffee, egg and toast, and just hope my recent surgery doesn’t kick up a fuss due to the bad news–and I am not talking about the Bad News Bears.  I am sure many of you agree that it boggles the mind that election after election those who get elected with promises of cleaning up government becomes a ritual of lies, deceit and skullduggery.   You name it.  I would say in studying the issues and practices of politicians, corporate leadership and underlings, etc. that the mess can be attributed to one big word that is like a boa squeezing the life out of our Nation.  That word is GREED.

Politicians elected do not care about their constituents once in office but are caught up in the chase for more money, corporate favoritism, and a cycle of ever running for reelection.  That chase goes from the President on down to the Senate and the Congress.  At stake are big bucks, perks galore, but most important is getting on committees that smells of power seekers.  Of course the cry goes out to the masses that such powerful positions are meant to benefit the folks back home and their districts. Probably it is the main purpose but too many of our elected get the desire to warm their seat for a long time if a senator and a chance for those in the House of Representatives to gain some of those seats for themselves. Getting rid of senators is like pulling teeth by tying a string around a loose tooth, attach it to a door knob and slam the door.  Ouch.  But it is easy to put the tooth under the pillow so mom and dad can retrieve and leave a quarter or half-dollar in its place.  Politics smack of greed and personal gain. Then we had to experience the postoffice scandal, getting factual data about insider trading, and the list of skullduggery goes up and up. The whole becomes a stinking pile of shit but no one really wants to clean up the shit.

What infuriates me more than  anything is the harm being done to our Nation.  Corporations move offshore to hide lucrative profits, hire offshore workers while laying off  our workers and even closing down businesses here and transferring them overseas.  Major voices in politics, government, and news media  all sing the same song: ” The world of economic development is changing and there ain’t no place for …”.  It is like their saying that integrity, honesty, and feeling a sort of family unity of corporate governance means nothing after many have put the best working years of their lives in having pride as employees and the personal contributions to success.

Maybe the answer is to cut back on giving to charities; especially those like United Way and Easter Seals where corporate governance expects employee support whenever the gossip goes out that moving to China or Mexico is being considered.  Lets face it–charity begins at home.  If that home is threatened with layoffs, then it is time to rebel against corporate greed.  Just maybe the leaders and CEOs of corporations will take notice that people everywhere need respect and be seen as valuable to corporate success.

Internally, CEOs do not keep up on the everyday workload of office staff relying on managers and supervisors who often have their own little kingdoms.  It is a breeding ground for creating employees who are overworked due to finding  a reluctance of reporting poor quality work coming in from outsourced labor.  That requires an overload of correcting mistakes adding  pressure on the domestic workforce.  But like everything, the big boss cares only about the bottom line of cheap foreign labor.  The big question is this: Just how much do foreigners care when they know that the average income of American workers far exceed their own doing the same work projects?  In the end, corporate America loses and the masses everywhere are shortchanged.

God Bless America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/Don.