Greed taints capitalism

Capitalism works pretty well. But when it becomes rampant greed, it can be pretty bad. I had a mother-in-law who, in the 1800s, went to work in the threadmills of New England at the age of 8. She worked 10 hours a day. I had a grandfather who emigrated alone from Wales at the age of 13 and went down in the coal mines. In England, children as young as 5 worked in mines. Thankfully, unions stopped all that.

Now we have companies downsizing and outsourcing to countries where there are no unions to protect workers. All to amass huge profits and to give their executives millions.

We can’t all go to the streets to protest, but we do have a weapon. If a young woman can use the Internet to influence Bank of America to stop debit card charges, millions of people can express themselves online.

They can register their anger to the government to do something about this. Our Congress should know that even if they receive money from corporations they still have to be elected by the 99 percent.

Dorothy Carter

Spokane