Dear Editor

There’s an imminent point at which the status quo — whereby already huge corporate profits and untaxed superfluous wealth are maintained or increased while many people are denied even life’s basic necessities — can/will end up hurting big businesses’ monetary interests. I can imagine that a healthy, strong, and large consumer base — and not just very wealthy consumers — are needed.

Or could it be that the unlimited profit objective/nature is somehow irresistible, including the willingness to simultaneously allow an already-squeezed consumer base to continue being squeezed further?

Maximising profits by risking the well-being of people will likely always be a significant part of the nature of the big business beast.

When it comes to unhindered capitalism, corporate CEOs shrug their shoulders and defensively say their job is to protect shareholders’ bottom-line interests. The shareholders, meanwhile, shrug their shoulders while defensively stating that they just collect the dividends and the CEOs are the ones to make the moral and/or ethical decisions.

Frank Sterle Jr

British Colombia, Canada

fgsjr2010@hotmail.com