It always amazes me how the public will invest in anything that makes money, whether or not the profits come from ethical business conduct. If the Nazi party were alive and well today, and if Nazi, Inc., produced a 200% annual return on investments, I fear the vast majority of U.S. investors would gladly buy its stock.
Every day, people invest in companies selling products that harm the health of people all around the world. Coca Cola sells a product that most nutritionists say promotes weight gain and diabetes. Kraft foods sells a whole slew of food
products containing hydrogenated oils, refined sugars, saturated fats and preservative
chemicals. And drug companies, of course, make
money selling toxic chemicals that destroy the vital organs of their customers, to the tune of over a hundred thousand victims each year.
Yet it's all done in the name of profit, and as long as
profits are to be had, most people will just keep on investing.
But in this article, we're seeing that
investors were hardly hot on the recent IPO of these two drug
companies. It isn't a shift to ethics, however. Chances are, these two companies just didn't appear to be well positioned for high profits.
There's a whole lot of profit to be made from building products that kill people. Just ask any of the war industry giants. Building bombs is big
business, and the only way to keep more orders pouring in is to use up the old inventory.
About the author: Mike Adams is an award-winning journalist and holistic nutritionist with a strong interest in personal health, the environment and the power of nature to help us all heal He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an independent journalist with strong ethics who does not get paid to write articles about any product or company. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also a noted technology pioneer and founded a software company in 1993 that developed the HTML email newsletter software currently powering the NaturalNews subscriptions. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author of numerous health books published by Truth Publishing and is the creator of several consumer-oriented grassroots campaigns, including the Spam. Don't Buy It! campaign, and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. He also created the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the ending of corporate control over medicines, genes and seeds.
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