Evil will prevail if good men do nothing.........
What does this really mean? Some say good men must take up arms and fight evil at the front lines.
Where are the front lines? Will you recognize evil when you see it? Can you decide what is evil and what is not?
I recently had a long verbal battle with a man on facebook about the many companies that practice techniques to save themselves money by taking advantage of the many loop holes in our tax laws. The whole world is doing this, corporations, government agencies and very rich private peoples pay attorneys great amounts of money to study the tax laws to find ways to get over on the government so they pay less taxes and save more money. The company in the discussion was Wal-Mart. Just about everything sold at wal-mart is made in china, as well as sold pretty much everywhere. Wal-mart pays themselves rent and for this according to the tax laws, it lowers the amount of taxes the have to pay our government from about 34% down to 13%. There are several other tricks that wal-mart practices to save money or make more money. As a big corporation this is the name of the game right? Yes it is but when the practices of corporations, governments and very rich private parties creates a negative influence on the countries economy it's not a good thing anymore. WE are not talking about a few bucks here, we are talking about trillions and trillions of dollars and the impact it has on the countries economy is just as different as a few bucks versus trillions of dollars. It's huge. The federal reserve right now cannot account for 2.3 trillion dollars which the oversight commitee knows it was distributed throughout europian banks and the federal reserve told the commitee it will not have papers together for 7 years for an audit. Every year there are billions of dollars being skimmed off of many programs in the government and it goes with those polititions who have moved on.
My argument with this man was that after he agreed that wal-mart does practice techniques that are negative for our economy and country and he knows wal-mart along with hundreds of other companies do the same shifting of earnings off shore to pay less taxes to our government, he still does nothing, not even share what he knows with a freind, neighbor, stranger or anyone. A good man doesn't have to arm himself and fight evil at the front lines, he can do something as small as share his knowledge of something negative that influences the country and it's people. a good man does not turn his focus away from the problem no matter how small it is and a good man is not quiet about what could change if he would just speak out.
The problem is that we all, including myself have heard or seen something that because of the circumstances, we have turned away. This does not mean we are bad men/women. It means we have to be better people and start sharing what is wrong with others so that things can change. What is being done by corporations is wrong and they know it but they justify it by saying to themselves, it's ok, it's legal in the books. What about what is right as a human, to the heart? It is wrong to do anything negative to your fellow man and women, and it is wrong for the continuance of the human race.
What does this really mean? Some say good men must take up arms and fight evil at the front lines.
Where are the front lines? Will you recognize evil when you see it? Can you decide what is evil and what is not?
I recently had a long verbal battle with a man on facebook about the many companies that practice techniques to save themselves money by taking advantage of the many loop holes in our tax laws. The whole world is doing this, corporations, government agencies and very rich private peoples pay attorneys great amounts of money to study the tax laws to find ways to get over on the government so they pay less taxes and save more money. The company in the discussion was Wal-Mart. Just about everything sold at wal-mart is made in china, as well as sold pretty much everywhere. Wal-mart pays themselves rent and for this according to the tax laws, it lowers the amount of taxes the have to pay our government from about 34% down to 13%. There are several other tricks that wal-mart practices to save money or make more money. As a big corporation this is the name of the game right? Yes it is but when the practices of corporations, governments and very rich private parties creates a negative influence on the countries economy it's not a good thing anymore. WE are not talking about a few bucks here, we are talking about trillions and trillions of dollars and the impact it has on the countries economy is just as different as a few bucks versus trillions of dollars. It's huge. The federal reserve right now cannot account for 2.3 trillion dollars which the oversight commitee knows it was distributed throughout europian banks and the federal reserve told the commitee it will not have papers together for 7 years for an audit. Every year there are billions of dollars being skimmed off of many programs in the government and it goes with those polititions who have moved on.
My argument with this man was that after he agreed that wal-mart does practice techniques that are negative for our economy and country and he knows wal-mart along with hundreds of other companies do the same shifting of earnings off shore to pay less taxes to our government, he still does nothing, not even share what he knows with a freind, neighbor, stranger or anyone. A good man doesn't have to arm himself and fight evil at the front lines, he can do something as small as share his knowledge of something negative that influences the country and it's people. a good man does not turn his focus away from the problem no matter how small it is and a good man is not quiet about what could change if he would just speak out.
The problem is that we all, including myself have heard or seen something that because of the circumstances, we have turned away. This does not mean we are bad men/women. It means we have to be better people and start sharing what is wrong with others so that things can change. What is being done by corporations is wrong and they know it but they justify it by saying to themselves, it's ok, it's legal in the books. What about what is right as a human, to the heart? It is wrong to do anything negative to your fellow man and women, and it is wrong for the continuance of the human race.
