Gongol.com Archives: August 2019
August 19, 2019
The best ride around the Iowa State Fair
Not really on the fairgrounds, but right around there
"Corporations are [made up of] people"
Every so often, we get a reminder of how things would perhaps be different if people had understood that Mitt Romney was saying in his infamous misspeak that "Corporations are [made up of] people". Because they are. What was actually a sober and really important point got trashed as a late-night punchline. And today, at least some people believe that corporations can be made to bear the costs of climate change without inconveniencing the individual. It's lunacy.