Agreed. Lets go get 'em

There was a pretty fascinating one-half page advertisement in The New York Times today, in the very important first section by the Catholic group, the Knights of Columbus.

Now, normally, the last thing I'm going to do is even mention any Catholic group, let alone agree with them but I think they got it right this time.

Under the title "Now is the Time for Change", in big, bold letters, they write that "The United States is suffering an economic crisis, a leadership crisis and a moral crisis."

They go on:

We must do something...Now."

Most Americans would have long ago agreed with this.

They write that their "polling shows more than three-quarters of our country believes the corporate world's moral compass is pointed in the wrong direction. Moreover, a majority of Americans, and two-thirds of executives, gave a grade of D or F in ethical matters to the financial and investment industry."

They say that "We have lived with this lack of business values too long. It is a problem that cannot be legislated or regulated away."

Okay.

Agreed.

And way overdue.

But the thing is, what they're saying needs to be taken to its logical, harsh, complete truth and that is that CAPITALISM HAD FAILED US.

Captialism has failed us and the corporations of America are eating us alive.

Corporations are chewing up their employees and workers, using them and spitting them out, at the end of their work-cycles as desperate, poor, unsupported people who have no resources--because it all went to the CEOs and the corporation itself--and no health care coverage.

All this in the name of "unfettered Capitalism" and progress.

We need to stand up and force our government to stand up for us.

We need to take power back from corporate America.

So the Knights of the Columbus is on the right track on these issues but at the end of the advertisement, they merely ask for us to "join us in creating a Culture of Volunteerism..."

Volunteering to help one another is not enough. Volunteering won't get this done.

Getting lobbying, lobbyists and corporate lobby money out of our election system--now, that will start to get something done.

Then we'll start to get our corporations to stop completely exploiting all of us.

Link to ad here: