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Who Killed the Economy? Accounting Parasites

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The advent of accounting parasites is the ultimate triumph of the nerd:    hundreds of thousands of corporate finance people who care more about numbers than they do humanity.    A culture of parasites who think nothing of firing workers, or stripping them of their benefits, in the name of profitability,    

 

Accounting parasites have neutered our entrepreneurs, sucked the humanity out of corporate culture and ruined the economy.    They don't understand that the US consumer economy will not function properly unless there is full employment.

 

Fixing the US economy doesn't mean replacing capitalism with socialism -- that would bring another set of equally dire problems.    The solution first requires taking parasitic accountants out of the corporate driver seat and replacing them with entrepreneurs -- like the late Steve Jobs.    And second, replacing the current corporate ethics and the relentless emphasis on profitability, with values that consider both workers and the environment; an ethical system that recognizes the American economy won't function unless we all have a stake in it.

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