wdyat12,

As a professed (confessed/) cynic, I always remember that one of the motives of the founding fathers was to preserve their rights, prerogatives, perks and properties. Which they tried to incorporate in the Constitution Originally, there were fairly stringent limits on who could vote. No property, no right to vote. Basing the exercise of rights on a sliding scale indexed against how much you are worth has a lot of historical basis. Its wrong (imnsho). It just wont go away.

Corporations seem to have forgotten that a workforce who feels like they are valued (not just cogs to be paid) are far more productive.

Regards

John