Historically, two words represented American enterprise-quality and service.
Remember "Look for the Union Label" -?
Do any of you wonder if much can be trusted anymore? I look at the space shuttle and the engineers telling the world it is safe, after the same problems repeatedly occur and deaths result and I ask myself, "If I were up there would I take their word that I was safe to bring the shuttle home?"
Baby toys? Bibs? As parents, in a culture that sells Baby Einstein products and upscale baby products, we trust that our most vulnerable are protected as we buy products and services.
Can we trust that assumption anymore?
I've already written about our infrastructure, water quality, legal system -political protections-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts-
Don't you ask yourself, "What are we doing here?" With our abundance of technology, our breakthroughs and sophisticated studies, our country of wealth, opportunties and inventive spirits-have we made a decision to work to the lowest common factor rather than the highest ?
What happens when we begin to see our country's government, our businesses. our services as suspect?
When profit takes precedence over safety and effectiveness , dishonesty over disclosure-cynicism instead of faith-what happens for us?
What was the turning point in our nation -when we saw opportunism instead of opportunity as our desired goal?
I don't know how you see this but I can't stop this growing queasy feeling inside telling me that
human life is only a cost factor in the risk catagory of profit.
Once we become less than whatever else is out there-(one of the mainstream), (less than the rich) human beings, become anonymous, what becomes of us?
