I found this in a book i'm reading at the moment.
in Dec. 2000 these statistics were published by the Institute for policy studies.
"...of the worlds 100 largest economies, 51 were now corporations and only 49 were countries. Furthermore, the worlds top 200 corporations accounted for over 25% of economic activity on the globe while employing less than 1% of it's workforce."...."in addition those same top 200 corporations' combined sales surpassed the combined economies of of 182 countries. "..."between 1980 and 1992 the 500 biggest corporations in the US saw their assets rise 227% from $1.8 Trillion to $2.68 trillion. Over the same period the number of people they employed fell 28% from 15.9 million to 11.5 million"
from: who really runs the world? by Thom Burnett and Alex Games
ISBN-10: 1-932857-58-3
page 121
after reading this do you still think your government is the biggest threat to your freedom and security?
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i found this in a book i'm reading at the moment.
In dec. 2000 these statistics were published by the institute for policy studies.
"...of the worlds 100 largest economies, 51 were now corporations and only 49 were countries. Furthermore, the worlds top 200 corporations accounted for over 25% of economic activity on the globe while employing less than 1% of it's workforce."...."in addition those same top 200 corporations' combined sales surpassed the combined economies of of 182 countries. "..."between 1980 and 1992 the 500 biggest corporations in the us saw their assets rise 227% from $1.8 trillion to $2.68 trillion. Over the same period the number of people they employed fell 28% from 15.9 million to 11.5 million"
from: Who really runs the world? By thom burnett and alex games
isbn-10: 1-932857-58-3
page 121
after reading this do you still think your government is the biggest threat to your freedom and security?
yes!
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For the simple fact that it is our government leaders who are so heavily invested in multi-nationals. They are the first to jump when the interests of the multi-nationals are threatened. Our elected leaders will throw us under the bus at the slightest whim if they feel their investments are at risk.
Some more statistics. The United States has approx. 4.5% of the Worlds population and has 30% of the Worlds incarcerated criminals. That would be 3 million locked up right now as opposed to Communist China's 1.5 million or Russia with 750,000. Makes you kinda wonder why we have so many criminals in this country as opposed to the rest of the World.
Some more statistics. The United States has approx. 4.5% of the Worlds population and has 30% of the Worlds incarcerated criminals. That would be 3 million locked up right now as opposed to Communist China's 1.5 million or Russia with 750,000. Makes you kinda wonder why we have so many criminals in this country as opposed to the rest of the World.
Perhaps we just catch more.....or it could be that since we have a higher standard of life there is more incentive to steal. Or.......Or......Or.......Or...................OR perhaps in Russia and China fewer actually survive to make it in to prison........Or.......Or.....Or People in prison in those countries don't live as long...........Or......Or......Or the prison systems in those countries don't provide such good benefits as we do here making prison more of a punishment and less of a vacation.....Or......Or
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.....or we just have more criminals per capita than the rest of the World combined. Yeah, That's it. Americans are more inclined to commit crimes than their European, Asian, South American, Mexican, Russian, Nigerian, Iraqi and most certainly Norwegian counterparts.
Either that or our Judicial system is out of touch with the rest of the civilized World.
if we had a truly higher standard of living I think there would be less need / inclination to steal. we have more consumer nic naks and trinkets than people of other countries.
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I'd agree with Scienceman, that no way an inmate in china, or romania or egypt is going to have anywhere near the same experience as probably even the worst prison here.
of course, that's because we have a constitution and general American decency.
__________________ A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it an appearance of being right-Thomas Paine
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Reason: last line.
.....or we just have more criminals per capita than the rest of the World combined. Yeah, That's it. Americans are more inclined to commit crimes than their European, Asian, South American, Mexican, Russian, Nigerian, Iraqi and most certainly Norwegian counterparts.
Either that or our Judicial system is out of touch with the rest of the civilized World.
Watch the news much? I live less than 100 miles from the Mexican boarder and your argument lost all validity with that statement. A large portion of our crime in this area is perpetrated by the quite unwelcome visitors from the south. look I don't think I want to change our way of life to match any of those you mention.....but by all means feel free to try and promote that point of view if you admire those systems.....I pray there are less who agree with you and more who agree with me however.................
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if we had a truly higher standard of living I think there would be less need / inclination to steal. we have more consumer nic naks and trinkets than people of other countries.
That is a very good point. it seems it has all become about the stuff.
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If our future is dependent on the integrity of our elected officials..........Best buy more AMMO
Watch the news much? I live less than 100 miles from the Mexican boarder and your argument lost all validity with that statement. A large portion of our crime in this area is perpetrated by the quite unwelcome visitors from the south. look I don't think I want to change our way of life to match any of those you mention.....but by all means feel free to try and promote that point of view if you admire those systems.....I pray there are less who agree with you and more who agree with me however.................
Total numbers, man. More people are killed on the South side of Chicago than in Des Moines, Iowa but the total numbers for the country remain higher than the rest of the Free or not-so-free World.
For the simple fact that it is our government leaders who are so heavily invested in multi-nationals. They are the first to jump when the interests of the multi-nationals are threatened. Our elected leaders will throw us under the bus at the slightest whim if they feel their investments are at risk.
Deadly accuracy in your assessment of present conditions...
