The root of problems in the United States seems to lie within the ease of which we place work upon the shoulders of others. The recent 'recession' is, at the base, caused by the control of the economy by corporations, that we have given them, placing in them our trust that they would handle the situation well. In addition the general public has forgotten that, in shirking their duties to regulate the corporation's power, big corporations are simply in this for profit, or if we were to use the words of Marx, our recession is caused by profit motive.

 

These problems are further swollen by the encouragement of privatization, and thus putting further power in corporations, by certain rightist groups. While I am not in a position to point fingers, and really should not morally, it is important to show that these problems could be fixed by a return to the economic policies of the esteemed president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Indeed, the recreation of such public programs as WPA [Works Progress Administration] and the CWA [Civil Works Administration] could be used to improve our infrastructure on a grand scale, and put millions to work, without having to rely on the fickle nature of such companies as Walmart and McDonald's, both of whom are notorious for their ill treatment of their workers.

 

Therefore, it is the best option to place our trust in big government, at least in an economic sense. We shy away from such things, fearing a totalitarian government not seen here before in America, on par with dictators as Mussolini and Hitler, but we forget the benefits of such things on a less extremist scale. Currently, the national unemployment rate is hovering around nine percent; meaning roughly twenty-eight point one million people are unemployed, by re-instituting the FERA [Federal Emergency Relief Administration] alone, we could provide jobs for twenty million people. This fear of putting one's trust in the government is ridiculous, in the preamble of our very Constitution, it is the job of our government to "promote the general Welfare" of our citizens, to adapt to the needs of the people, for there is no profit to be found in the government other than the noble task of tending to the people's needs.

 

Conversely, our trust in the big corporations is foolish and misguided. A corporation is not a public entity; rather it is something foreign to the common man, an ominous face that hides the greed of profit motive. They are not created to help the common man, as the government is, but instead to pull in as many profits as they can, appropriated by abusing the labor force and deceitfully providing as little of their product or service as they can. In that way, they keep their workers feeble with small wages and long hours, and they deprive the consumer of the product they pay for, and pocket their earnings.

 

It is for these reasons, that a rejection of corporate powers would bring about a promotion in public welfare, and a return to President Roosevelt's polices would employ millions of the jobless masses.