Many of the American states who have the death penalty are rethinking their motives. Kansas has just announced it is seriously looking at eliminating its legislated death penalty due to the downturn in the economy. http://voices.kansascity.com/node/3906
For so long the proponents of the death penalty have state that the cost to governments to keep prisoners for life for extreme crimes was too expensive. Those who opposed the death penalty have stated that to murder someone because of their actions did not allow for rehabilitation or even consideration that the perpetrator would suffer for their crime. Statistics have proven that the death penalty is not a deterrent but may actually give extreme criminals an excuse to commit the crime in order to end their existence.
The trial of Lee in Winnipeg will raise the emotions and questions over Canada's legal system. The "Tim" factor is already being put forward by the family of the victim to justify deeper incarceration for a mentally ill perpetrator of a particularly horrendous crime. It follows that Canadians will begin to question their position on Capital punishment.
I for one, cannot fathom the return of the death penalty in Canada. This is one of the most regressive moves we could make.
Armand
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
I cannot believe what I am hearing!
Barak Obama has been in office a little over a month and he has done more to change the American landscape than any prior leader of the modern world. Check out this address given last night. http://larryhubich.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-tells-greedy-corporations-and.html
Friday, February 27, 2009
All too familiar
This analysis I find very interesting. Keeping my eye on H---er.
14 Points of Fascism
14 Points of Fascism
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Stage 1 - Economic Crisis"
Stock Markets in continuous flux but ending up downward, financial institutions falling apart, economies around the world on the brink of total collapse, entire countries at risk, job losses, a total meltdown of the economic system. What is going on?
When the Bush administration brutally attacked Iraq they set off an experiment that was planned and orchestrated by an ideology created in the halls of the Chicago University Economics Department and Milton Friedman.
It is that experiment in greed and power that is now in play with the entire world economy. Naomi Klein in her book " The Shock Doctrine" describes the methods used quite succinctly. The shock to a nation in order to attain complete control over its economic, political, and cultural strengths. What is going on now is that experiment fed to the point of total chaos.
Economists are divided on how to solve the worst crisis since the great depression of the 1930's. Some say the stimulus packages being proposed by governments around the world and led by the US will turn the economies around by the end of 2009 or early in 2010. Other economists believe it will only feed a later frenzy of inflation. None of the economists are predicting the total collapse of Capitalism. Why?
The reason is, someone is making a ton of money on this crisis. Someone is getting the best prices ever on blue plate stocks. While we, (the common population) watch and feel in fear the effects of this total meltdown, there is someone out there benefiting on all this destruction.
An example is the Katrina tragedy. After the disaster of Katrina several private interests moved in and took over everything from education, to health care. In fact one of the major factors for the length of recovery from the disaster has been the privatization and downloading of government control.
We are in a manufactured crisis. Manufactured to destroy human values and place financial control as the measure of man's existence. A robotic greed engineered by a few.
There is some hope. My skepticism is based upon past disappointments. President Obama has been signaling some very interesting changes to corporate and political power. His demand for a maximum wage for those corporate leaders whose businesses receive assistance from the public purse is long overdue. A maximum wage instead of a minimum wage.
He has also indicated that he will reduce the debt by increasing taxes to the very rich. Another example of hope as the billionaires have had a free ride on the backs of taxpayers for far too long.
It is also interesting that Alan Greenspan, arguably the most influential American economist, has recently stated that the US government should take over the banks. Isn't it interesting that the Right is suddenly looking to Left policies to resolve their economic disaster.
In Canada we are out of step with the world. We have a Harper government that is attempting to sell off many of our federal crown corporations at fire sale prices through the back door. This is at a time when taxpayer investments are at their lowest. The guise that they are competing with the private sector is a propaganda myth put forward by the same philosophical ideology that brought us into this crisis in the first place.
Stephen Harper and his government is only giving lip service towards solving the intense problems facing Canadians. Remember during the election he claimed Canada was in great shape and would not face any kind of economic downturn. Amazing how his view changed once he won the election and realized his good buddies from the south no longer governed.
Climate change, health care, public services, and economic disaster are far from Harper's list of priorities. He, after all, is the Oil Prime Minister. Profit at any cost is his motto. He has learned well from his mentor George Bush. Say little, do nothing, or the least possible, and push your agenda behind closed doors so the population can only react once the deal is done.
We are only at stage one, the economic crisis. What is going to happen once we enter stage two?
When the Bush administration brutally attacked Iraq they set off an experiment that was planned and orchestrated by an ideology created in the halls of the Chicago University Economics Department and Milton Friedman.
It is that experiment in greed and power that is now in play with the entire world economy. Naomi Klein in her book " The Shock Doctrine" describes the methods used quite succinctly. The shock to a nation in order to attain complete control over its economic, political, and cultural strengths. What is going on now is that experiment fed to the point of total chaos.
Economists are divided on how to solve the worst crisis since the great depression of the 1930's. Some say the stimulus packages being proposed by governments around the world and led by the US will turn the economies around by the end of 2009 or early in 2010. Other economists believe it will only feed a later frenzy of inflation. None of the economists are predicting the total collapse of Capitalism. Why?
The reason is, someone is making a ton of money on this crisis. Someone is getting the best prices ever on blue plate stocks. While we, (the common population) watch and feel in fear the effects of this total meltdown, there is someone out there benefiting on all this destruction.
An example is the Katrina tragedy. After the disaster of Katrina several private interests moved in and took over everything from education, to health care. In fact one of the major factors for the length of recovery from the disaster has been the privatization and downloading of government control.
We are in a manufactured crisis. Manufactured to destroy human values and place financial control as the measure of man's existence. A robotic greed engineered by a few.
There is some hope. My skepticism is based upon past disappointments. President Obama has been signaling some very interesting changes to corporate and political power. His demand for a maximum wage for those corporate leaders whose businesses receive assistance from the public purse is long overdue. A maximum wage instead of a minimum wage.
He has also indicated that he will reduce the debt by increasing taxes to the very rich. Another example of hope as the billionaires have had a free ride on the backs of taxpayers for far too long.
It is also interesting that Alan Greenspan, arguably the most influential American economist, has recently stated that the US government should take over the banks. Isn't it interesting that the Right is suddenly looking to Left policies to resolve their economic disaster.
In Canada we are out of step with the world. We have a Harper government that is attempting to sell off many of our federal crown corporations at fire sale prices through the back door. This is at a time when taxpayer investments are at their lowest. The guise that they are competing with the private sector is a propaganda myth put forward by the same philosophical ideology that brought us into this crisis in the first place.
Stephen Harper and his government is only giving lip service towards solving the intense problems facing Canadians. Remember during the election he claimed Canada was in great shape and would not face any kind of economic downturn. Amazing how his view changed once he won the election and realized his good buddies from the south no longer governed.
Climate change, health care, public services, and economic disaster are far from Harper's list of priorities. He, after all, is the Oil Prime Minister. Profit at any cost is his motto. He has learned well from his mentor George Bush. Say little, do nothing, or the least possible, and push your agenda behind closed doors so the population can only react once the deal is done.
We are only at stage one, the economic crisis. What is going to happen once we enter stage two?
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Competition - Should it be banned?
What is competition? It seems the entire human existence relies upon the concept of competing against one another. Since human record began we have been taught that our very ability to survive has required our competitive spirit. But is this the core reality of our ability to survive?
It is the basis for "survival of the fittest" ideology promoted by business, religious, and political ideologues. It is an easy philosophy to prove. Winner takes all, concepts always seem to be embraced by our cultures.
But let us analyze the truth. Is it a value that has met its limits? When man was a simple mammal inhabiting the earth it was his mind, not his strength, nor his natural protections that gave him the ability to survive. Man's intellectual capacity overcame many odds to achieve a status no other animal in the history of the earth could have concieved of.
But as much as man has attained, he is also his own predator. The history of man is riddled with war and destruction upon himself and the entire life of the planet. The impetus for this self annihilation has been built upon the premise of competition. We must compete with nature. We must compete with each other. But is it really what we need to do to survive?
Because of our intense desire to rule over our environment and each other have we not written the book on our own destruction? Isn't our competitve spirit similar to crickets who, when they have exhausted their food supply of grasshoppers, turn upon themselves and eat each other?
Religious ideology is built upon the competitve philosophy. My religion is the right one but I must beat yours to prove it. The Crusades, Jihad, etc. are examples of this competitive narcisism. Politically we have seen the self serving criminal imperialistic slaughter of human kind at the hands of ideologies like Nazism, Ethnic cleansing, Communism, Capitalism, etc. Throughout history we were subserviant to Monarchies and Emperors, despots and dictators.
Today, the human condition still promotes this concept through wars and sports. In business, the corporate culture demands competition but in reality wishes only to have complete domination. This philosophical approach is leading us down a path of inevitable armageddon. The competitive drive has prevented the true evolution of environmental solutions. Innovative ideas have been tossed aside because they may not make a company more "competitive" with their piers. They may also prevent truly great creative ideas from ever becoming a reality as the "competition" buys the rights and destroys the concept.
There have been many reports in all fields of human endeavor where "cures","scientific solutions", and plain "inventions" have never seen the light of day because the wealth of larger entities have stifled their growth.
Even the arts are embedded with this notion of competition. This is a travesty. The creative spirit at its purest yet societies measure its success by the number of awards and prizes won. The Academy Awards are a perfect example of this competitive measure in the arts. Often its not the best that reaches the top but the most promoted. You are sold the idea they are the best. But who sets the measure?
Canadian Idol is a television program which promotes this competitive philosophy in the arts. Yet the only real underlying theme is to create entertaining television. Its the contrasts, not the talent that make the program successful. The competition, not the talent. How many of the winners do you truly remember?
The truth is we are reaching a point in our entire existance where we need to divest ourselves from this archaic ideal. We need to reassess our purpose and values. With economic, environmental, and mutual destruction, looming on the horizon we need to find a new way to survive. It is within us to do so. We need to work together to survive. Not to compete but to use our creative minds together to overcome our impending demise.
Instead of a few attaining all of the wealth we need to distribute wealth both economically and intelectually to all of human kind. We need to appreciate each person's contribution to the whole. A celebration of an individual's personal achievement measured only by their own standards and goals. Not based upon philosophies that by their very nature eliminate most who participate in them. In a competitive world there are more losers than winners.
We have within our human condition seeds of cooperation and social conscience we need to nurture to prevent our own destruction. They are as basic and have been as much a part of our growth as anything else in our wonderous abilities. All of man's greatest achievements have only occurred because of the hard work of many unknown participants. The working and poor elements of our societies have built the structures not in order to compete but more from a need to care for themselves and their families.
Cooperation is the only way we can survive in the new world unfolding before us. During the last great depression it was this philosophy that helped the agrarian workers overcome insurmountable odds at a time when the economy of capitalism had let them down.
This philosophy needs to be nurtured and evolve to meet the real challenge humankind faces today. The challenge of our own destruction by ourselves.
Armand
It is the basis for "survival of the fittest" ideology promoted by business, religious, and political ideologues. It is an easy philosophy to prove. Winner takes all, concepts always seem to be embraced by our cultures.
But let us analyze the truth. Is it a value that has met its limits? When man was a simple mammal inhabiting the earth it was his mind, not his strength, nor his natural protections that gave him the ability to survive. Man's intellectual capacity overcame many odds to achieve a status no other animal in the history of the earth could have concieved of.
But as much as man has attained, he is also his own predator. The history of man is riddled with war and destruction upon himself and the entire life of the planet. The impetus for this self annihilation has been built upon the premise of competition. We must compete with nature. We must compete with each other. But is it really what we need to do to survive?
Because of our intense desire to rule over our environment and each other have we not written the book on our own destruction? Isn't our competitve spirit similar to crickets who, when they have exhausted their food supply of grasshoppers, turn upon themselves and eat each other?
Religious ideology is built upon the competitve philosophy. My religion is the right one but I must beat yours to prove it. The Crusades, Jihad, etc. are examples of this competitive narcisism. Politically we have seen the self serving criminal imperialistic slaughter of human kind at the hands of ideologies like Nazism, Ethnic cleansing, Communism, Capitalism, etc. Throughout history we were subserviant to Monarchies and Emperors, despots and dictators.
Today, the human condition still promotes this concept through wars and sports. In business, the corporate culture demands competition but in reality wishes only to have complete domination. This philosophical approach is leading us down a path of inevitable armageddon. The competitive drive has prevented the true evolution of environmental solutions. Innovative ideas have been tossed aside because they may not make a company more "competitive" with their piers. They may also prevent truly great creative ideas from ever becoming a reality as the "competition" buys the rights and destroys the concept.
There have been many reports in all fields of human endeavor where "cures","scientific solutions", and plain "inventions" have never seen the light of day because the wealth of larger entities have stifled their growth.
Even the arts are embedded with this notion of competition. This is a travesty. The creative spirit at its purest yet societies measure its success by the number of awards and prizes won. The Academy Awards are a perfect example of this competitive measure in the arts. Often its not the best that reaches the top but the most promoted. You are sold the idea they are the best. But who sets the measure?
Canadian Idol is a television program which promotes this competitive philosophy in the arts. Yet the only real underlying theme is to create entertaining television. Its the contrasts, not the talent that make the program successful. The competition, not the talent. How many of the winners do you truly remember?
The truth is we are reaching a point in our entire existance where we need to divest ourselves from this archaic ideal. We need to reassess our purpose and values. With economic, environmental, and mutual destruction, looming on the horizon we need to find a new way to survive. It is within us to do so. We need to work together to survive. Not to compete but to use our creative minds together to overcome our impending demise.
Instead of a few attaining all of the wealth we need to distribute wealth both economically and intelectually to all of human kind. We need to appreciate each person's contribution to the whole. A celebration of an individual's personal achievement measured only by their own standards and goals. Not based upon philosophies that by their very nature eliminate most who participate in them. In a competitive world there are more losers than winners.
We have within our human condition seeds of cooperation and social conscience we need to nurture to prevent our own destruction. They are as basic and have been as much a part of our growth as anything else in our wonderous abilities. All of man's greatest achievements have only occurred because of the hard work of many unknown participants. The working and poor elements of our societies have built the structures not in order to compete but more from a need to care for themselves and their families.
Cooperation is the only way we can survive in the new world unfolding before us. During the last great depression it was this philosophy that helped the agrarian workers overcome insurmountable odds at a time when the economy of capitalism had let them down.
This philosophy needs to be nurtured and evolve to meet the real challenge humankind faces today. The challenge of our own destruction by ourselves.
Armand
Friday, February 6, 2009
The Economic Crisis-The Demise of Capitalism
In the mid nineteen eighties the Ronald Reagan administration along with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher developed and implemented a string of deregulation policies and programs that were sold to the uninformed public as being progressive and good for all. Supported by the Evangelical right it was used as a tool to fight the threat of communism and the Iron curtain.
With the election of Ronald Reagan came the dawn of a new era of unfettered capitalism. Part of that capitalistic ideal was the push for a global economy where corporations could move their capital interests to areas of the world contributing the cheapest labour. The Corporation At the same time a watershed moment came with the destruction of union rights with the legislated end to the aircraft controller's strike in the U.S. Air Traffic Controller's Strike
Throughout the late eighties and nineties this uncontrolled greed was supported by governments both Republican and Democratic in the U.S. as well as Liberal and Conservative governments in Canada. Many other First World governments worldwide bought into this uncontrolled grab by setting policies to remove restrictions to complete corporate control without democratic, public scrutiny. Australia, New Zealand, England, Japan, and Russia are examples. In fact the economic war placed on Russia is one of the main reason's for its demise.
In Canada the excuse for allowing economic policies as NAFTA, GATT and Globalization came from the propaganda around deficit reduction. Two recessions in both the eighties and nineties were engineered to ensure the public would buy into deficit reduction, yet they were built on false premises. Canadian debt compared to GDP at the time was less than the average Canadian citizen's debt versus their income at the time. The result of this indoctrination was the dismantling of many of Canada's social and cultural programs. CBC was gutted. Health Care was cut back and privatized in many provinces such as Alberta and B.C.
It was even worse for other countries in the world. New Zealand almost faced economic collapse from being one of the world's economic leaders. The Reserve Bank and New Zealand's Economic History (see Turbulent transition 1973-1993)
Naomi Klien in her book The Shock Doctrine eloquently and succinctly describes the entire method of this Neo-Liberalism.
Then came George W. Bush. By his orchestrated and corrupt rise to power have come eight years of economic policy and political turmoil that has left the world on the brink of total disaster. We are now facing the worst economic crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, which incidentally we were told by the capitalist pundits would never happen again.
George W. Bush's economic policy was driven by the free market capitalistic values of Milton Friedman the guru of the Chicago School of Economics.
The world is now on a path of trying to find a balance to offset the economic collapse. Governments are scrambling to print and place money into the economy in an effort to stimulate their financial mess. The problem is the money they are spending are propping up the very oligarks that brought the world to its knees. Job losses are becoming a daily event.
The social and human cost of this collapse are only beginning to be felt. Commodities, manufacturing, stock markets, creditors, and stock markets are all falling apart. In fact entire countries are facing bankruptcies. Iceland and Britain are examples of the impact of this self - interest economic drive.
We are facing the complete collapse of the capitalist system. As sure as what caused the collapse of the Communist empire. The difference is this collapse is global and forces the world into a threat out of control. There are no saviors. Obama is seen as the light of hope and change. However closer analysis may prove that wrong. In an article for The Nation written by Naomi Klien in June of 2008 she describes a sober second thought.
One of the major influences on economic and political power worldwide is a secret group known as the Bilderbergs. It is interesting that when it became clear that the Democratic nominee for president would be the next president both Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama met with this secretive group. Shortly after the first election of Stephen Harper a meeting of the Bilderbergs was held in Ottawa hosted by the new Prime Minister.
Several questions arise. How has this demise of capitalism affected the most pressing issues mankind is facing- Global warming, starvation, health, etc.? All have been put on the back burner. Disaster economics in its prime.
Socialist ideology seems to be a good policy when it can save the right wing capitalistic system but is rejected as radical when the anarchy of unfettered capitalism rules. The deregulation philosophy has sold us the concept of eliminating all traffic lights in a city and allowing total anarchy. Trouble is we all are affected by the accidents and human carnage that will occur.
We need to change our basic value structure. Instead of narcistic self interest and greed we need to develop a democratic conscience. Our environmental crisis demands sustainable economic policy in conjunction with balanced life support systems. Instead of unfettered growth, we need sustainability.
Before the industrial revolution many of the world's population was sustained by their own ability to grow and raise food for themselves. Whatever they had left they sold to the cities and towns in order to buy the products they couldn't grow to sustain themselves. Neighbors assisted each other towards their survival. They had a social connecton and responsibility.
What was wrong with this type of society it was still based upon the Master-Servant mentality. There was little for those who found themselves in difficult times without a family or friendly support system. 18th and 19th century literature supports this lack of social conscience. In fact it was the lack of support for the common person that brought about the writings of Karl Marx and Lenin.
Recent events have proved the anarchy of an unregulated Capitalistic dogma has resulted in the deflation of our economic system. This deflation has only begun. We need new economic policies. Keynes gave the world a glimpse at a new form of economics. We need to look beyond his dream to a truly sustainable economic structure. One based not on continuous growth but on protection of human basics. Food, shelter, health and happiness. Limits to wealth and a clear distribution of wealth. As the world population grows we need to meet its needs. Not the needs of a few greedy, wealthy, arrogant, self acclaimed upper class, power mongers.
Armand
With the election of Ronald Reagan came the dawn of a new era of unfettered capitalism. Part of that capitalistic ideal was the push for a global economy where corporations could move their capital interests to areas of the world contributing the cheapest labour. The Corporation At the same time a watershed moment came with the destruction of union rights with the legislated end to the aircraft controller's strike in the U.S. Air Traffic Controller's Strike
Throughout the late eighties and nineties this uncontrolled greed was supported by governments both Republican and Democratic in the U.S. as well as Liberal and Conservative governments in Canada. Many other First World governments worldwide bought into this uncontrolled grab by setting policies to remove restrictions to complete corporate control without democratic, public scrutiny. Australia, New Zealand, England, Japan, and Russia are examples. In fact the economic war placed on Russia is one of the main reason's for its demise.
In Canada the excuse for allowing economic policies as NAFTA, GATT and Globalization came from the propaganda around deficit reduction. Two recessions in both the eighties and nineties were engineered to ensure the public would buy into deficit reduction, yet they were built on false premises. Canadian debt compared to GDP at the time was less than the average Canadian citizen's debt versus their income at the time. The result of this indoctrination was the dismantling of many of Canada's social and cultural programs. CBC was gutted. Health Care was cut back and privatized in many provinces such as Alberta and B.C.
It was even worse for other countries in the world. New Zealand almost faced economic collapse from being one of the world's economic leaders. The Reserve Bank and New Zealand's Economic History (see Turbulent transition 1973-1993)
Naomi Klien in her book The Shock Doctrine eloquently and succinctly describes the entire method of this Neo-Liberalism.
Then came George W. Bush. By his orchestrated and corrupt rise to power have come eight years of economic policy and political turmoil that has left the world on the brink of total disaster. We are now facing the worst economic crisis since the 1929 stock market crash, which incidentally we were told by the capitalist pundits would never happen again.
George W. Bush's economic policy was driven by the free market capitalistic values of Milton Friedman the guru of the Chicago School of Economics.
The world is now on a path of trying to find a balance to offset the economic collapse. Governments are scrambling to print and place money into the economy in an effort to stimulate their financial mess. The problem is the money they are spending are propping up the very oligarks that brought the world to its knees. Job losses are becoming a daily event.
The social and human cost of this collapse are only beginning to be felt. Commodities, manufacturing, stock markets, creditors, and stock markets are all falling apart. In fact entire countries are facing bankruptcies. Iceland and Britain are examples of the impact of this self - interest economic drive.
We are facing the complete collapse of the capitalist system. As sure as what caused the collapse of the Communist empire. The difference is this collapse is global and forces the world into a threat out of control. There are no saviors. Obama is seen as the light of hope and change. However closer analysis may prove that wrong. In an article for The Nation written by Naomi Klien in June of 2008 she describes a sober second thought.
One of the major influences on economic and political power worldwide is a secret group known as the Bilderbergs. It is interesting that when it became clear that the Democratic nominee for president would be the next president both Hilary Clinton and Barak Obama met with this secretive group. Shortly after the first election of Stephen Harper a meeting of the Bilderbergs was held in Ottawa hosted by the new Prime Minister.
Several questions arise. How has this demise of capitalism affected the most pressing issues mankind is facing- Global warming, starvation, health, etc.? All have been put on the back burner. Disaster economics in its prime.
Socialist ideology seems to be a good policy when it can save the right wing capitalistic system but is rejected as radical when the anarchy of unfettered capitalism rules. The deregulation philosophy has sold us the concept of eliminating all traffic lights in a city and allowing total anarchy. Trouble is we all are affected by the accidents and human carnage that will occur.
We need to change our basic value structure. Instead of narcistic self interest and greed we need to develop a democratic conscience. Our environmental crisis demands sustainable economic policy in conjunction with balanced life support systems. Instead of unfettered growth, we need sustainability.
Before the industrial revolution many of the world's population was sustained by their own ability to grow and raise food for themselves. Whatever they had left they sold to the cities and towns in order to buy the products they couldn't grow to sustain themselves. Neighbors assisted each other towards their survival. They had a social connecton and responsibility.
What was wrong with this type of society it was still based upon the Master-Servant mentality. There was little for those who found themselves in difficult times without a family or friendly support system. 18th and 19th century literature supports this lack of social conscience. In fact it was the lack of support for the common person that brought about the writings of Karl Marx and Lenin.
Recent events have proved the anarchy of an unregulated Capitalistic dogma has resulted in the deflation of our economic system. This deflation has only begun. We need new economic policies. Keynes gave the world a glimpse at a new form of economics. We need to look beyond his dream to a truly sustainable economic structure. One based not on continuous growth but on protection of human basics. Food, shelter, health and happiness. Limits to wealth and a clear distribution of wealth. As the world population grows we need to meet its needs. Not the needs of a few greedy, wealthy, arrogant, self acclaimed upper class, power mongers.
Armand
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No Sympathy for the Auto Makers
On the weekend on Movie Central I watched a documentary called "Who killed the electric car? In the documentary director Chris Paine chronicles the life and demise of the GM EV1.
The old adage, "what goes around, comes around" suddenly has a whole new meaning to me. As we watch the entire world economy going into a massive depression we hear of the car makers lining up to the public trough expecting their portion of taxpayer's money to save their industry.
The arrogance of these corporate gluttons has been and still is unfathomable. They had the audacity to appear in front of the U.S. Congress cap in hand while having flown in on their own personal private multi-million dollar jets. Only after they were sent away to reconsider their position did they return in less auspicious modes of transportation.
However I am wondering why Americans, who now have a large vested interest in the Automobile industry, don't take it over completely. Instead they keep investing in the luxuries of the corporate elite and wondering why the economy doesn't improve. Meanwhile the worker's are asked to make sacrifices. It is shameful.
Back to the GM EV1. These same executives killed the electric car. In doing so have also put the lives of the entire world at stake. They could have contributed to a reduced environmental footprint in a very short time had these vehicles been allowed to enter the marketplace and sold in substantial numbers. But they never got the chance.
Instead these very same corporate gluttons chose to create the Hummer and marketed gas guzzling SUV's using their propraganda advertising machine. Supported by the Bush government everything they did was to maximize their personal profit while wrecking our eco-system. Now that they are facing the huge downturn in sales they are crying for the taxpayer to bail them out.
Instead of bailing them out the government's, both Canadian and American should buy them out, charge the executives with the crimes of fraud and conspiracy, then change their production lines towards recreating a new line of EV class vehicles. But that is an evil "Socialist" solution like universal health care and public education.
At least we would know our hard earned money is going towards building an economy instead of building an individual's private jet collection.
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