IF I WERE KING. If I were king... a captain of industry, a leader of the people, and wanted to stay king of my hill, heres what I would probably do: I would charge the consumers more and give them less. If I couldnt raise prices fast enough, Id put merchandise like coffee in smaller containers without lowering the price. The masses have become used to creeping inflation, so I would creep my prices up at a respectable rate. It doesnt mean I have to give them anything more. I would always think of the little people as the masses. Its more pleasant to rob those I dont see as real people. I would build them half-million-dollar houses made of particle board, screening, and vinyl stucco, and hang them together with staples. Its become tradition. Another way to up profits (which, of course, is Gods will), is to fire most of my Customer Service staff so that that my marks, I mean customers, will have to wait on the phone 40 minutes to tell their problems to my computer. I never did like hearing customers complaints. They should just hand over their money and shut up. If my companies did anything to kill a few peons and they sued me, I would naturally blame the lawyers and pay my politicians to pass laws protecting me from my victims. I can downsize (not fire) all the employees I want, and call it efficiency. I can ship jobs overseas, and blame it on the unions. My governments can spend all they want as long as my companies and I get all we want. I can use the plural governments because I would owe no allegiance to any one country or state, the USA being just one of my branch offices. I think my true stroke of genius is this: Turn the middle class, the poor, and the semi-poor against each other. All ethnic groups can blame each other for their problems. The unemployed can hate the homeless and the immigrants. The middle class can blame the Welfare recipients, while my gang steals the real money. Hate is such a wonderful diversion! None of them would be looking my way at all. I would be above suspicion. In fact, theyd look to me for leadership, wisdom, and mercy. Yeah, right. I have a lot more great plans for healthcare, prisons, social services, and those annoying seniors with their Social Security. So much to do! Life is good. Wait a minute! Its just a dream. Nobody would really be like that... or would they? Jack Blanchard © 2004, 2014.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 04:43:13 +0000
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