> it raises the question of why this sort of gesture is even necessary in our society. The purpose of the United States is to make corporations (and their owne

> it raises the question of why this sort of gesture is even necessary in our society. The purpose of the United States is to make corporations (and their owners) obscenely rich. Tax breaks like those recently shown to Apple are the perfect example. So because corporations, and therefore their owners like Mr. Dell are obscenely rich, the government is not. In fact, it does not even have enough money to provide Health Care, higher education or disaster relief to it's citizens.