perhaps you can send a memo to those patriotic companies who have relocated their headquarters offshore in order to avoid paying taxes while seeking government contracts, accepting taxpayer dollars in corporate welfare, and having our government pimp our products overseas and utilize whitehouse/state department resources to close deals. Halliburton for one. Explain to them that if they want to get all the perks of being an american company, they need to stop acting like the only thing they need to care about is their "stockholders" and corporate officers. You know, stop doing stuff like overcharging our government, laying off 5,000 workers in order to "save money" and then giving the departing CEO a $30 million dollar retirement package all within the same year, and, of course, moving offshore to avoid paying taxes on monies made while operating under the flag of our country. You companies want to be "international" or "multinational" and not accept your responsibilities to the societies in which you reside, fine, but don't expect the gravy train to run without complaints and bitterness from the overstretched taxpayers and mom and pops who have to bear the brunt of the burden placed by you welfare companies.

ain't that the truth...

Well said. The notion of a company being "American" is as outdated as eight track tapes. The behavior of corporations over the past 25 years or so reminds me of movie zombies. You can't kill them, (they're not alive) and they are inexorably driven by the need for more. ( more brains, more money - take your pick)

Uncontrolled capitalism is indistinguishable from piracy. And you can quote me. More to the point, does no one remember what the endgame of capitalism is? Milton Bradley knew. And how is that supposed to stimulate the economy and keep us all in beer and skittles? Hmmmmm?