WHO'S FAULT IS IT ANYWAY?

I ELUDED TO THIS YESTERDAY ON TWITTER, BUT, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET ABOUT VARIOUS THINGS GOING ON IN THIS COUNTRY.  MANY OF THEM, ARE BLAMED ON CORPORATIONS, AND THEIR BLATANT GREED.  FOR INSTANCE, I HEAR A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HEALTHCARE, IN THIS COUNTRY, HOWEVER, NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE TAKE STOCK IN KEEPING THEMSELVES HEALTHY.  IT'S A BLAME GAME.  SO, WE GET UPSET AT THESE CORPORATIONS FOR NOT GIVING US A FAIR CHANCE, YET, WE DON'T GIVE LOCAL BUSINESSES A FAIR CHANCE OURSELVES.  DEPARTMENT STORE, SELLS PRODUCT FOR $10 PLUS TAX, IN VARIOUS COLORS, BUT, A LIMITED CHOICE AND HORRIBLE QUALITY, HOWEVER, LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR, MAKES SAME PRODUCT FOR $20 NO TAX, IN UNLIMITED VARIOUS COLORS AND PATTERNS, AND EVEN CUSTOM, PLUS HAND MADE QUALITY....YOU CHOOSE THE DEPARTMENT STORE.  WHY?  BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER?  IT SUCKS, BECAUSE THERE IS A PERSON ATTEMPTING TO START A LEGITIMATE BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES USING THEIR TALENT AND HARD WORK.  SOMETIMES, YOU EVEN KNOW THE PERSON, BUT BECAUSE IT COSTS MORE, YOU AREN'T WILLING TO SHELL OUT THE MONEY.  THEY DON'T DESERVE IT?  HOWEVER, NAMELESS CORPORATIONS (WHICH YOU BLAME FOR SO MUCH), AND A FOREIGN UNDERPAID WORKFORCE, DOES?  HOW DOES PAYING FOR PRODUCTS MADE IN CHINA, HELP OUR ECONOMY ANYWAY? 

YOU SEE, WHEN PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF WORKING SO HARD TO INCREASE THE PROFITS OF LARGER COMPANIES, EVENTUALLY, THEY STOP SEEING THE EFFORT AS WORTH IT.  THESE PEOPLE GET DAYDREAMY, AND BEGIN TO THINK, MAYBE I COULD SUPPORT MYSELF, BY DOING SOMETHING I ENJOY, WHERE THE PROFITS DIRECTLY EFFECT ME AND MY FAMILY.  IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN FARMS, OR BLACKSMITHS, OR MECHANICS.  SOME PEOPLE PROVIDE A SERVICE, AND SOME PROVIDE PRODUCTS.  HOWEVER, THE MORE YOU FEED THE BEAST, THE BIGGER IT GROWS.  WE GET UPSET, BUT, ARE WE TO BLAME?  IT'S LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, WE WANT TO BLAME THE LARGER CORPORATIONS FOR THEIR DAMAGE, BUT, WHEN THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND, THINGS CAN GET OUT OF HAND REALLY QUICK.  THEIR RIDICULOUS PROFITS, AND GREED, ARE REALLY A SIDE BENEFIT, OF THE ORIGINAL CAUSE, WHICH WAS FULFILLING A NEED.  AS THESE CORPORATIONS HAVE GROWN, THEY'VE LEARNED TO CREATE NEED, AND SUSTAIN NEED, SO THAT YOU ALWAYS RETURN TO THE TEAT.  WE GET SO FURIOUS, WITH POLITICIANS, BANKS, CORPORATIONS, ETC., HOWEVER, DO WE EVER STOP TO THINK, "HEY, I MIGHT'VE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS".  

I'M NOT SAYING SCROLLING THRU YOUR FACEBOOK TIMELINE, AND, BUYING THE TAMALES, YOUR AUNT MAKES BY HAND, IS GONNA SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, BUT, THINK OF WHAT IT DOES DO....

YOUR AUNT, GETS TO DO WHAT SHE LOVES.  SHE GETS TO PAY HER BILLS.  SHE GETS TO PUT THAT MONEY RIGHT BACK INTO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, YOU, LIVE IN, AND NOT A HUGE DEPARTMENT STORE.  YOU GET TO PARTAKE IN SOME GOOD FOOD, AND, YOU REAP THE KARMA OF HELPING YOUR FELLOW MAN.  IT GOES A LONG WAY.  SOME THINGS, ARE HARD TO GET CLOSE BY, FOR INSTANCE, MILK.  IF YOU, DON'T HAVE A COW OUT BACK, IT'S GONNA BE HARD TO GET.  HOWEVER, FOOD, HAIRCUTS, CLOTHING, MUSIC, ARTWORK, ETC., CAN ALL BE FOUND IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LOOK FOR IT....AND NO, NOT JUST ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, WHICH ODDLY COMES THE DAY AFTER BLACK FRIDAY, BUT, EVERY SINGLE DAY, THERE'S SOMEONE HOPING YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR DREAMS TO BE PROPRIETOR OF THEIR OWN BUSINESS.  NOT IN CHINA.  NOT IN MEXICO.  NOT IN THAILAND.  BUT HERE IN THIS COUNTRY, IN YOUR BACKYARD.  IT BEATS, PUTTING MONEY IN SOME FOREIGN STRANGERS POCKET, WHO DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOU.  SO, IF YOU WANNA BLAME ANYONE FOR THE THINGS YOU DEEM WRONG IN SOCIETY, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR.  THEN, YOU CAN HELP MAKE THINGS BETTER, BY INVESTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY.     -  925