This link (see below) came across my virtual desk this morning, and I immediately felt the guy’s pain.
After sitting down with one of our County Commissioner’s last week, the idea that “the system has certain rules that we must follow for our society to run efficiently” has been on my mind. The “system” of checks and balances that our commissioners followed is well and good, and respectable —especially when the antithesis can have dire consequences. But, as this video reminds me, the Nestle attorneys are a happy as pigs in mud that the system worked for them. Because, had it not, just think how much money they’d have to spend to beat our little county?
An entrepreneur like the gentleman in this video can fight on principal, but is it not financially irresponsible for an elected official to stand up to a mega-corporation with deep pockets and a reputation for throwing it’s weight around with high-powered, and highly-paid attorneys?
For all of my friends (that seem to be more conservative for some reason) that applauded how well the system worked, I wonder how many might change their tune if they were told they needed a few hundred-million dollars to protect their homes and families —and it was legal, and a part of the system.
How much money do we need to beat a Nestle? and Exxon? A Coke?
A shit load.
II quite agree, mr. donavan! i avoid buying purina dog food for a similar reason. . . purina is a nestle’ subsidiary, one of many. check a nestle’s newspaper coupon . . . the redemption-center address is in del rio, texas. wish the commissioners could have insisted on nestle’s moving the center here to chaffee county. . . .our citizens need work, too. – g. hill
Indeed!
I read recently that Monster energy backed down due to all the bad press and the micro-brewery is back to full operation!
If Nestle didn’t have enough bad press to deter the commissioners maybe we should focus on that. They are here to destroy not to build.