Our greed knows no bounds.....

["prasad boddupalli" <bvssp@hotmail.com>]

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    All this argument reminds me of N.R. Narayana Murthy's beautiful
statement. 'I have a capitalist brain, but a socialist soul'. That is
what I
had in mind.
    The present policies do stifle the creation of wealth. What evolved
out
of those policies, is a nation of hawkers and shopkeepers, rather than a

nation of entrepreneurs. I belive in that and my statement does not give
the
impression contrary to that.
    But, the norm of our greed is to make money at the expense of
others.
Our entreprenurial spirit, our greed, and our way of creating wealth is
not
one of utilizing the available opportunities. It is one of looting
others.
Our greed is predatory in nature. That is what I meant, when I said that

chasm will only deepen, if the have's combine the above greed, money and

muscle power ( which thrives in our lawless society ). If our mindset
can be
captured in the above words of Mr. Murthy, it will result in a more
orderly
and prosperous society.
    The stanford's, rockfeller's of US fostered the american prosperity
by
creating institution of excellence. The US educational institutions
which
thrived on the charity stand as an example. But our stanford's and
rockfeller's create political parties. The threshold for our greed knows
no
bounds.
    Free market forces and the buying power are not disjoint and do not
exist in isolation. There is a symbiotic relation between them. Each
furthers the other. So, when we talk of market forces, the boardrooms,
and
the customer being the ultimate benificiary, it is also imperative to
increase the purchasing power of the people.

sincerely,
Prasad Boddupalli.



>     Equal distribution of wealth has been the holy grail of many
>governments
>in the past.  I am not advocating such an imposter!  What is important
to
>any
>man who is born free is the opportunity to create wealth.  If his own
>Government stands in the way of this opportunity then he will find ways
to
>go
>around it as every free man should!!

>
>     In a free market system what is greed that "can also play havoc by

>deepening the chasm between haves and have nots...."  I fail to follow
your
>logic here.  In a free market isn't the consumer the supreme
beneficiary?
>Is
>it not his will that is honored in every boardroom of every
corporation?
>
>Sincerely,
>Vamsi M.



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