KIDS RAISE MORE CASH FOR KATRINA VICTIMS THAN CORPORATIONS

This is something I've been meaning to blog about since I first heard about it on the Democracy Now podcast [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/25/142243|from August 25, 2006]. This is absolutely bizarre, but not at all surprising, really. Here's a cutting from the headlines of that edition of DN:

School Children Raise More For Hurricane Katrina Than Major Corporations School children across the United States have given more money for Katrina relief efforts than all but five of the country's largest corporations. According to the group RandomKid, school children have raised over $10 million over the past year through bake sales, lemonade stands, car washes and other fundraisers. School children gave more to the Katrina relief efforts than companies such as AT&T, Verizon, GE and Coca-Cola.

So, exactly, why are we allowing corporations to stick around, again?

Seriously, I thought corporations were supposed to exist for the benefit of people. Of course, that last part has since morphed into "the benefit of the shareholders." Seriously, though--how can said shareholders sleep at night knowing that the companies they own stock in are outdone by children in the generosity department? I mean, what's the point of being a mega-corporation if you don't help people with some of ALL that money? .

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