Don Bruder wrote:
So how are you different from the corporations you villify other than
you're not nearly as good at it?
*I* am an actual human being that can be spoken to face to face. They
are an artificial construction of greed, bull****, political favor, and
wind that's impossible to get a handle on, let alone an answer from, yet
have, or at least appear to, more rights and fewer responsibilities than
an actual person.
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Don,
Corporations are run by people. So just like people there are all
sorts of corporations. Some are run by greedy people that use bull****
and political favor. But some are run by people just as responsible as
you or I.
A great example of a corporation that you should look at is Nucor.
Back about 1960 it was known as Nuclear Corporation of America and was
run by a president that was not responsible. It came very close to
bankruptcy. The president walked away. One of the executives was
persuaded to take over the company. He looked at what the company had
and changed the direction of the company. They started making bar
joists. The corporation gave bonuses to the employees based on
production. They started making money. They expanded by starting a
mini steel mill, melting scrap to make the rebar and angle for the bar
joists. Made more money. They still pay a wage and a bonus based on
production. Sometimes the bonus can be as big as the wages.
To make a long story short, Nucor is now the second largest steel
producer in the US. In 2004 in addition to their normal pay and
bonuses, they paid all employees two additional bonuses of $1000. In
addition they have a plan where the workers get stock.
Their corporate headquarters is in Charlotte, North Carolina on the
second floor over a restaurant. The number of people in the corporate
office is less than the number of plants they own.
Their web site is
www.nucor.com and their telephone number is 704
366 7000.
Dan