Speaking from the United States point of view
Big business is part of the ruling class here.
Thats true from what I can gather. Its actually Fascism, which
by definition is the "merger of corporation and state".
Unfortunately, some environmental law is necessary. Some
businesses are good, some businesses are bad. Without
environmental law, you are favoring the bad business by allowing
it to dump sewage into a waterway. The good guy either takes the
same shortcut or goes out of business. Or maybe you think that
people upstream for me should be able to pollute the water that I
drink.
Some of it is, but the majority is irrelevant to the environment, and
is just used as a mechanism to tax to death and close small business
and firms
to help the big guys get more market share.
If you have lived in or near an area where industry was closed, you
will
find that the dispossessed people that are left behind, soon turn
feral
and apart from costing you heaps in tax to keep them on benefits, not
to mention the huge extra
cost of medical, extra police and so on, the way these people
ultimately end up living
the pollution and harm caused to society is probably not much worse
than the industries were.
You cannot manufacture any given item without some pollution.
Define what that is in the USA. This can be taken in many ways
If it has anything to do with enforcing the US' traditional
constitutional rights
which in the last couple of years are becoming quite popular and of
interest here,
then would have to say yes.
If you really think that businessmen are better than ordinary men,
I think you have a personal problem. That is not uncommon, though.
Thinking that the rich are virtuous goes back to at least biblical
times.
I don't think the rich are somehow virtuous, and in fact, when you
look at it
its people in expensive suits, sitting on thrones, (and those in
government who
the above group control) they are the major cause of the world's
problems.
The traditional way here was to work hard and to the best of your
skill and ability to be comfortable
(middle class), and then take it easy once you had a nice house, nice
car, family, get their kids educated for
what they wanted to do in life, or started in a trade, and have
sufficient funds
to live comfortably into retirement.... And not be a burden on anyone
else, whether it be society or family.
Usually once they reached these goals in middle age these people would
then cut back on their work or desire
for earning money at that point, and help others, usually by volunteer
work in local charity or community groups to help the less fortunate,
and/or helping train or start others in that trade or profession that
they had worked in. Usually these things were done without
telling all the world about it.
This is getting less now, as it seems to be necessary to have both man
and woman working, to come anywhere near the standard
of living enjoyed a generation ago from one income. What this means
is that the corporate world now gets both parents for the price
of one.
The ones that are the problem - and seem to be a modern disease are
the ones who want to
continually amass money in unlimited amounts by any means, want to
completely crush any
competition, and in the process grab as much power and influence as
possible.
If the ruling class stopped using ordinary women to divide and
conquer ordinary people, the welfare state would be much smaller.
That helps break up ordinary families, to help foster the same
dependence in the next generation. The ruling class have a lot to
do with it.
Thats true, and since the average "pram pushing slut" (as they are
commonly
referred to here,) has 4 kids, that's 4 more ALP voters that are there
to help
vote money out of the middle class's pocket, and get a small portion
of it in benefits.
What is your stand on women's "rights"?
They (as they are promoted and selectively enforced here)
are a crock of shit, and have done enormous damage to
society, as well as the family and women themselves.
...and other fairy tales.
These are well known fact to anyone who lives here. 4 kids, you get a
big
house - and big rent subsidy, usually 4 bed premium property.
The dental waiting situation has been covered widely in mainstream
media since about 2002.
A guy who worked for me who had government health care has been
waiting since 2004 and
now his teeth are ****ed. It would be $2000+ to go to private care.
Again you don't live here and aren't familiar with the reality of this
situation.
There have been people on the dole since the 1970's when it started,
and
due to their typically low breeding age, have continued with this for
the next
2 generations.
If you believe that the ruling class rich including those in big
business have nothing to do with government, you are gullible.
I don't see what that has to do with welfare, and I have known for
a long time that big business and government are merged.
Don't believe everything you hear.
Being in business and working with other small businesses I know from
others who have been victims of this bullshit
Due to our court system, where if you are not a welfare or working
class person you have
to pay for legal defense, which is usually about $15,000 and you don't
get it back
from a feral or working class person even if you win, you are pretty
much forced to settle
rather than have your day in court, if the amount claimed is $15k or
less. Legal aid (gov) will
not pay the costs of the other party if they win.
The case about the stealing was widely covered in mainstream media at
the time.
There was another one about an idiot who was twice caught smoking in a
petroleum storage area
and was sacked on the spot the second time.. He won an unfair
dismissal,
they had to pay him compo and give him his job back.
