Never Gonna Get It

Are we EVER going to learn from our mistakes? Will we ever hear another country say "thank god the CEO of _________ thought ahead"? Look no further than the culture of this country...shoot first, ask questions later...leap before we look. From healthcare to the environment to lives of the American people, we're all about the blame and the clean-up instead of the prevention. Why is the economy in the toilet? Why do miners continue to die in accidents? Why do we have a massive oil slick threatening the coast...again!

Look no further than these recent stories:

1. AstraZeneca: Sure they're paying $500+ million in settlements, but they made $4+ BILLION on the drug before we learned years later that it had negative side effects.
2. Massey Energy: racked up how many violations before the latest mine disasters? They challenge them instead of making changes...why....so they could keep digging and making money, because no matter how much they end up paying out to the miners families, they made 10 fold (safe to say a lot more than that) while those safety violations were tied up in court.
3. Oil Rig Explosion: a massive oil slick is reaching the shore and threatening the eco-system and the livelihood of thousands...why....because safety measures to shut the well down weren't enacted because of the oil company lobbying. Now we have the companies involved in the drilling arguing over who should pay for the clean-up while untold damage is landing on our shores!
4. Goldman Sachs: sold people bad investments resulting in thousands of people losing millions...why..."hey man not our fault if they bought bad investments (CEO says while checking his Cayman account balance).

See a pattern? Though we cannot and probably should not try and legislate morality, I am sickened, but not surprised that these stories continue to make headlines. The problem is that those in charge of these decisions (accidents) do not reap what they sow....we do! They get rich, we foot the bill, and they're never held accountable. There are lives at stake with these decisions...and we (they) would be wise to heed that fact. To many...Money > Life...and unfortunately they're never gonna get it...and it's more lucrative if they don't.

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