Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Would you join this protest?

Down With Wall Street, but Keep the Pizza Coming - WSJ.com

"Bre Lembitz, a 21-year-old sleeping in the park and working as a medic, said she is opposed to the way investors' appetites for high profits and ever-greater returns force corporations to cut back on salaries and benefits for workers.

"You have this super-charged profit motive," said Ms. Lembitz, a student at Clark University in Massachusetts who is majoring in international relations and economics. "You don't have the corporate accountability that you need to have."

QUESTIONS:

Does the desire of investors for high profits force companies to cut back on worker salaries and benefits? Should corporations be more accountable?