tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post6107072562866626889..comments2024-03-29T09:05:56.135-04:00Comments on Corporate Justice Blog: Childhood Poverty in America 2012Steven Ramirezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16741346526253732489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-41060989720116061822012-05-05T11:01:32.318-04:002012-05-05T11:01:32.318-04:00Corporations do not pursue shareholder primacy in ...Corporations do not pursue shareholder primacy in the U.S.; they impose CEO primacy. Just follow the money. . .Steven Ramirezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16741346526253732489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-3518452189298588052012-03-14T21:56:23.548-04:002012-03-14T21:56:23.548-04:00If we are indeed the most powerful country in the ...If we are indeed the most powerful country in the world--as some have touted--there must be some justification (albeit immoral, likely) for the poverty level of children. Whatever justification is proposed may not truly justify the poverty problem, but knowing where our money goes compared to countries like Turkey and Romania might better explain our nation's priorities. Most would agree that fixing the poverty problem with children should be a higher priority than it is.<br /><br />Attempting to fix the poverty problem implicates a broader concern. Assuming that impoverished children live with impoverished families, fixing one means fixing the other. Fixing the problem of child poverty means fixing the problem of impoverished families. But even addressing the more general problem of poverty as a whole should be a higher priority, especially given our nation's comparative stature to other nations who appear to be better addressing the problem.<br /><br />To address the broad concern of poverty--which includes the child poverty problem--we should look at how wealth is concentrated in America, for the solution to poverty will be a better spreading around of our wealth. One apparent concentration lies in our corporations. With the narrow purpose of increasing shareholders profits, corporations widen the gap between the rich and the poor. As such, corporations should be required to spread around their wealth. The advent of benefit corporations spotlight the problem of concentrated wealth, and hopefully benefit corps will trend. But until then, we must sit and wait for Robin Hood.Evan Oldsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-79270147744914061842012-02-18T07:43:24.926-05:002012-02-18T07:43:24.926-05:00We need to unite the people to vote out all our ...We need to unite the people to vote out all our corrupt US politicians so we can begin reforming our corrupt federal and state governments. Without changing the heart of our system--- we will one day have mass protests similar to the Middle East today. Is that what our legacy to our children will be like ?True democracy can easily be lost to greed and selfishness. That loss has already begun. Please wake up to what kind of country we are building right now !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194375569044391746.post-78213026835812839772012-02-08T17:26:59.823-05:002012-02-08T17:26:59.823-05:00There will be no economic recovery in the US if th...There will be no economic recovery in the US if this issue is not addressed.Cheryl L. Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182167772552050045noreply@blogger.com