Our Politicians Care Even Less About Human Life Than Corporations

Democrats and Republicans argue endlessly over who is right. And occasionally, one side IS more right than the other. But it doesn’t matter. Why? Because both sides are insane.

Let me give you an example. I’ve worked in heavy metal fabrication for most of my life. When workplace injuries happen in heavy fabrication, they can be quite severe. Therefore, the subject of safety is stressed even over other seemingly crucial elements of manufacturing, such as productivity and product improvement. Every accident and near accident is analyzed to see what went wrong and what could be avoided in the future. Employees are encouraged to come forward to report safety issues and little expense is spared to improve workplace safety conditions.

Perhaps accidents cannot entirely be eliminated, but workers are constantly being sold on the concept that we must work to drive the risk of injury to zero. We are constantly asked to find new ways to avoid risk. People being injured or even killed is a BAD thing and all our energies must be exerted to lessen the risk to people’s health and lives. Safety and human life are paramount. The cost of accidents to machinery or property is important as well, but is secondary to the safety of human beings.

Driving the risk of harm to human beings as close to zero as possible: This is a concept one would think our congress would take to heart. Considering the human cost of war, you would think the politicians who are supposed to…