Posted by
AJ on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 12:00:54 PM
(Category: Random Thought)
I just saw a campaign commercial for John Edwards. He complains of the evils of "corporate greed" and how it will ruin our next generation of Americans. First, I would like to insert that, insofar as we define "greed" as "self-interest," "greed" as Mr. Edwards is using the term is responsible for more progress in America than any government-run socialist program, which have only managed to foster poverty, idleness and dependence.
Second, it is flagrantly hypocritical for a senator to complain about "greed" when his entire career is spent legally stealing money from his fellow Americans--and I'm not even talking about his career as a senator.
Many of us know that Senator Edwards's favorite case when he was an ambulance chaser was to sue doctors who failed to deliver babies by Caesarean section when they weren't born within a certain timeframe, claiming that these post-mature births resulted in cerebral palsey.
Now here's the rub: when corporations profit, at the very least it's because they provide us with a good or service which we desire. Edwards never even gave us a positive benefit for all the money he took. After the dust settled, it turned out that waiting longer to perform a Caesarean section had no effect on the chance of the infant having cerebral palsey. But doctors now perform the dangerous operation more often, because they risk being sued by fork-tongued hyenas like Mr. Edwards, eager to score a buck off of someone's misfortune.
Quick fact: John Edwards's net financial worth is greater than George W. Bush's net financial worth. Who's greedy, now?