Presidential aspirant John Edwards ratcheted up his rich versus poor rhetoric today. He railed about corporate greed in Dubuque, Iowa, one of those backwater towns that progress has passed by. “Corporate greed and the very powerful use their money to control Washington and this corrupting influence is destroying the middle class,” said Edwards.
What Edwards knows about building businesses and creating jobs wouldn’t fill a small thimble. He made his money as a trial lawyer litigating so-called bad baby cases which, the trial lawyer cognoscenti know, involve flawed science. No matter, that was then and this is now.
I just incorporated a new company today. I filed the papers with my Secretary of State’s office in my state capitol. I am excited. I have created a new corporation and we are going to do some exciting business, focused on the “green revolution.”
It always offends me when Edwards and others use the term “corporate greed.” It makes the corporation some anthropomorphic creature. Corporations are run by individuals and boards of directors, most typically for the benefit of their shareholders. There are bad businessmen and corrupt businessmen and women. They will use their influence in ways that can harm the middle class.
I dare say, however, that the same can be said for certain interest groups and unions. The AARP made a mess of it with the prescription drug legislation. The NEA doesn’t exactly get excited about merit pay for teachers. The SEIU doesn’t do handsprings when productivity tools can reduce the number of employees needed to file documents.
Edwards is pandering to a relatively unsophisticated point of view. He is a forlorn excuse for a Presidential candidate. You don’t think so? Just take a look at the two minute www.youtube.com clip of Edwards combing his hair. His vanity knows no limit.
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