Why Not Democracy for Corporations

What's the deal with wondering what can be done about corporate excess? Occupy Wall Street protesters are getting slammed for supposedly having no solutions, but there are plenty.
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What's the deal with wondering what can be done about corporate excess? Occupy Wall Street protesters are getting slammed for supposedly having no solutions, but there are plenty.

Tax computer-generated trades. Abolish subprime mortgages. De-regulate shareholder lawsuits. End corporate tax loopholes. Encourage employee ownership. Punish exporting jobs. And how about nominating a Supreme Court that doesn't equate corporate dollars with free speech for the purpose of legalizing bribery?

Decades of politicians giving corporations every imaginable thing they wanted provides a litany of particulars for reform. Just because protesters are focused on identifying the problem doesn't mean that there aren't solutions to talk about.

Craig blogs daily at Trail Mix on craigcrawford.com

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