GREED: Fueling nation's demise

Like all empires throughout history, the United States is coming to an end. An empire has an emperor or an absolute ruler which is usually an individual, but in the case of the United States, this emperor is the Corporation. It is just like Mitt Romney said, “Corporations are people.”

The word “person” in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution recognizes corporations as individuals in the eyes of the law.

The 2003 documentary film, “The Corporation,” describes corporate behavior toward society as a psychopath with little regard for individual rights and their bottom line is always profit, no matter whether it is the tobacco companies, the oil companies or any others.

There are signs and symbols in society that point to upcoming events, just like there would be in your own individual life. Look at the United States; Motor City (Detroit) was once the darling of the corporate world. They have now declared bankruptcy. We used to have triple AAA credit rating but have now been downgraded to double AA plus. The 2008 recession should have been a wake-up call to the greed on Wall Street but instead it was just another excuse for a bailout. People are losing faith in long-standing institutions (banks, churches, families, government, etc.); everyone is looking for a scapegoat and someone to blame. Presidents always make a good scapegoat.

These problems didn’t occur overnight; they have been brewing for a long time and are now coming to a head. This fall Congress will vote on the debt ceiling, again. A government shutdown is in the making. If you think the depression of the 1930s was bad, just wait. You ain’t seen nothing yet!

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