On Feb 5, 4:32*pm, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 11:33:45 -0800 (PST), "Robert M. Gary"
wrote in
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On Feb 5, 10:29 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:44:46 -0800, NW_Pilot

So you're implying that corporations, soulless entities, buy
legislative influence that favors their bottom line above the welfare
of the populace,

It's always interesting to me when people who have never been in a
boardroom make statements like this. When running a public company you
have a fiduciary duty to your shareholders (mostly retirement funds,
401K's etc usually) to produce a return for investors.

I was referring to the unscrupulous corporations that employ the sort
of tactics that landed Abramoff in jail:

Sure those exist, but to make your statement of "So you're implying
that corporations, soulless entities, buy
legislative influence that favors their bottom line above the welfare
of the populace," is like saying all women are evil because your ex-
wife was evil. From my personal experience I've found board members
and execs to be vary concerned with liability and to see genuine value
in their employees and community and have a desire to keep all happy
whenever possible.

-Robert