Profits over People

Oil companies are in it for the money… the same as most every corporation. The U.S. government (as most governments in this century) is run by the desires of the large corporations. Power begets power. Politicians seek power and must deal with the powerful.

The company execs make massive dollars because they are in a position to profit immensely from the world economic and resource situation. This is not luck. This is not providence. This is because the government has organized its activities to support the will and profits of the multi-nationals.

We have pollution problems, climate problems, habitat destruction problems, war problems, economic problems, etc. because the focus of government has been to provide opportunities for money makers like these to reap enormous profits… rather than to plan and implement solutions to problems that benefit society.

Politicians, while seeking to assert themselves, wield power to the profit mongers of the world. ‘Government by and for the people’ is slipping away. The profits of the corporate executives are a direct result of the loss of power of the people. Each one of us has the power in the decisions within our lives to do what we consider ‘right’. No one needs the government or marketplace to tell us what this should be. Every action that we take today changes the future.