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...power of Congress and its individual members goes to a larger truth. With power distributed between three branches of government, and between Washington and the states, the U.S. has a distinctly fragmented political system, one that has many pressure points available for those with an ax to grind or a proposal to advance. (Think health-care reform.) By comparison with other democracies, that can make for a messy system of government, in which you can never be quite sure how things will get done, or what players hold strong hands. Moreover, because the U.S. is so powerful, its national system...
...United’s buyout was not a fluke. A 2000 Rutgers study showed that worker-owned companies experienced average employment and sales growth that was 2.3 to 2.4 percent higher than non-worker-owned firms. In other words, these companies grow to be on average a third larger than traditionally owned firms over the course of 10 years...
Douglas Christopher, an analyst at Crowell, Weedon & Co., even sees advantages in remaining a smaller entity. "The larger the company, the less nimble you are," he says. "It has a great brand and many great products. We think Hershey is well positioned to continue to operate independently...
...believe Hershey will be faced with a difficult competitive situation," says Growe, in which the larger entities could use their scale to operate more cheaply than Hershey could. "If there was ever a time for the trust to reconsider its position of maintaining control of the company, this is no doubt...
...livestock and produce operations, who endanger consumers with genetically modified and hormone-enhanced products.If PETA were really smart, they would attack the system that forces the impoverished to choose fast food. They attack the livestock industry by portraying the working-class employees as bloodthirsty psychopaths, while ignoring the larger, more systematic problems with the status quo.I love animals, don’t get me wrong. My best friend is named Tuck; he’s my cat. I am also bothered as much as the next person by the thought or sight of animals being mistreated. But to ignore, objectify...