Alan Joyce has become the face of the Corporatist Oligarchy in Australia. The smug corporatist pigs are laughing at us all. Joyce revealed his contempt for the public with his audacious decision to ground the entire Qantas fleet with no warning. He was telling us that we are nothing. He left thousands of travellers stranded and caused choas. He caused damage to the Australian economy and held the country to ransom, threatening to keep the fleet grounded until the Australian Government stepped in to force arbitration.Qantas holds 65% of the market share of airlines in the domestic market. He knows the the government works for him and his corporatist friends. Alan Joyce got his way as the Prime Minister bowed to the corporatists and forced arbitration to resolve the dispute with the Unions.

Joyce is back in the news. This is some coporatist propaganda from'The Wall Street Journal' telling us that Qantas is crying poor. Boo hoo.

TextQANTAS chief executive Alan Joyce has warned the airline group may consider selling its low-cost carrier Jetstar if legislation to keep maintenance in Australia and proposed restrictions on using foreign cabin crew is successful.

TexttMr Joyce reminded senators that Qantas was a non-government business that answered to its shareholders

TextAt the end of the day its a private corporation so its partly the publics fault for depending on them

TextI sadly predict that its only a matter of time, which is approaching faster, until Qantas has a terrible accident costing real lives. All to save a few more dollars to line investors pockets.

Originally posted by theubermensch
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TextAt the end of the day its a private corporation so its partly the publics fault for depending on them

I agree. Another thing we can do to ensure they do not have the ability to hold us to ransom is limit max market shares. No corporation should be allowed to monopolize by holding a 65% market share like qantas has.

I agree. Right now,the US Federal Government could preempt all 'state corporate law' under the courts current expansive interpretation of the Commerce Clause.You could get around the Tenth Amendment and get them all out of Delaware.Corporate Personhood mocks the Bill of Rights and could also be removed.The Founding Fathers would remove it.

Originally posted by TheCommentator

Originally posted by theubermensch
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TextAt the end of the day its a private corporation so its partly the publics fault for depending on them

I agree. Another thing we can do to ensure they do not have the ability to hold us to ransom is limit max market shares. No corporation should be allowed to monopolize by holding a 65% market share like qantas has.

Well they do have that ability and they have already shown that.
Many industries are held by monopoly.. Just look at Coles and Woolworths, or news corp, or Monsanto.. there are plenty of others.