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Old September 25th 04, 03:30 AM
John Harlow
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The Nation provides the corporation with workers and with the
mechanisms for raising capital. The Nation's security and police
forces provide a civilized background against which the Corporation
can do its business with some semblance of safety, security, and
reasonable expectation of longevity.... not only to its entity, but
to its people, its material, and its capital. The Nation's network
of laws provide displute-settlement mechanisms to help ensure that
the Corporation will not be cheated, and that help it carry out
business in a level playing field. In many cases, the Corporation
has received preferential tax treatment to locate plants in a
particular location to assist local economy.

I would argue that it is very much the responsibility of Corporations
to "give a real damn for their country".


Unfortunately, outsourcing has totally invalidated this ideal.