2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Forget Sanders and Clinton for a moment. This is a symbolic schism that has been long brewing [View all]ConservativeDemocrat
(2,720 posts)And that big business is evil, as opposed to small business?
That is, oddly, the exact opposite of my experience. Large businesses are watched. They are subject to corporate governance. They have huge piles of money lying around making them a worthwhile legal target for torts if they don't do absolutely everything exactly according to the law.
Where abuse happens in America is almost entirely in small and mid-sided businesses. And I'm not just talking about people refusing to sell cakes to gays. I'm talking wage theft. Employment abuse of illegal aliens. Sub-minimum wages. Hiring and firing based on illegal considerations. It happens all the time.
Regardless, a few more questions for you:
1) What do you judge the chances of passing a law to outlaw businesses from growing past a certain size to be? Consider any reasonable congressional electoral outcome in2016. Further, add in Supreme Court review.
2) If someone who is very rich owns two mid sized corporations, instead of a single large corporation, what difference does it make?
3) Do you think fiddling with the rules about corporate governance are the key to energizing Millenials?
I will say that I agree that our system of allowing corporations to flee to Tax Havens should stop. Also, stop rewarding corporations that offshore with tax breaks. President Obama (who is called a "Corporatist" on the DU) has called for both of these things repeatedly in his SOTU address, with no action from Republicans. I'm not sure why that's his fault, or why the election of a Senator Sanders would change that.
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