Exactly What's Wrong With Our Political System

Here is a quote that in one sentence describes what is wrong with America's political system today:

"[It is] bad policy because it...establishes that a state will dictate to businesses the type and level of health insurance they must provide for their employees."
- Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich (R) justifying his veto of a proposal to force Wal-Mart to provide bare minimum benefits to its workers.

That's right - in our bought-and-paid-for political system, the idea of making Corporate America fulfill any minimum responsibility to our country, such as making sure workers at the wealthiest company on earth aren't on welfare, is off the table. This, in a country that supposedly cherishes "family values."

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