The relationship between the bottom line and the betterment of society is the one our Founders sought to define in our Founding Documents. They knew ethics would have to rule for it to work. The Spirit of '76 is the Holy Spirit and our true north.
They warned us to be diligent in protecting our freedom and not let things get out of our control. Ooooops!
New research suggests that business can have an important, positive cultural impact. "Companies that empower their employees to cut costs in the workplace not only improve their bottom lines, but also may foster civic engagement and contribute to peace in the societies where they operate."
A UNITED NATIONS report concludes:"Overall there seems to be a high correlation between human development and human freedom. Freedom seems to have unleashed the creative energies of the people.... and leads to even higher levels of income and social progress."
Reporters Without Borders is astonished by Californian judge Jeffrey White’s decision on 15 February to order the temporary closure of Wikileaks, a US-based website that invites people to post leaked documents with the aim of discouraging unethical behavior.
A real-life version of "The Shawshank Redemption" is playing in the blue-collar town of Mansfield, Pennsylvania, where the 1994 prison movie was filmed. Federal judges, acting on an unprecedented request from a prosecutor, have freed 16 Mansfield residents from prison because of a frame-up undercover drug investigation that turned into another law-enforcement wrongful conviction scandal.
The relationship between the bottom line and health care must also be controlled by ethics. The real cause of America's growing health care crisis is government spending. Uncle Sam already pays for nearly half of all health care in this country and therefore is the primary determiner of what health care will cost. Congressman Ron Paul's "Comprehensive Health Care Reform Act" (H.R. 3343) would place the consumer in charge, and create competition that would lower prices and improve quality.
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its free," warns P. J. ORourke. Here is an eye-opening look at government controlled health care.
The sweet milk of human desire or our consuming passions can destroy us or, as we gain more control, make us stronger.
Cannabis is one of the most benign chemicals we can ingest. Arresting nonviolent people for making a safer health choice in a medicinal/recreational drug is reefer madness. Can law enforcement find something better to do?
Tragedies and travesties of justice will continue until we the people refuse to allow our government to imprison nonviolent people for making a safer health choice. I hope voters will, "Save the children from prohibition!" This slogan was used to end the violence and senselessness of alcohol prohibition.
Prohibition triggers violence in our streets and along our borders. It fuels corruption of public officials and injustice in our courts. It incites terrorists by forcing senseless policy on other countries. The black market supports despicable people who sell to children and who recruit them to sell to their peers. The statistics reveal that racism is epidemic in the drug war.
Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says, 'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.'
-- Harry Browne
Downsize big government and save the American dream of self-government free of tyranny and oppression! Restore justice; construct science based drug policies about saving and rehabilitating instead of ruining lives.
All candidates for Travis County DA say they will urge police to target their enforcement at drug dealers and violent criminals and divert the cases of nonviolent, nondealer drug offenders to drug court and rehabilitation, a definite step in the right direction.
Get tough on violent crime! Warriors can get their adrenaline rush increasing public safety; chasing murderers and violent sexual predators. Stop drug war violence! Legalizing and regulating drug distribution would immediately cut off the major source of funding for terrorists worldwide and could increase our tax base.
There is no worse tyranny than to force us to pay for what we do not want, merely because big government thinks it's good for us. Support for the war on drugs is inconsistent with support for individual freedom, Constitutional or small government and the teachings of Jesus, the Prince of Peace
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