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What's your take on the ideal role of government in our economy?
What's your take on the ideal role of government in our economy?
Define "get out of the way". Cuz frankly I think that the government needs to get in the way in regards to a reasonable taxation policy, a national central bank and regulation that fortifies banking on their dime while preventing a lot of hocus pocus/quasi ponzi scheme "investment vehicles", securities and "assets" like leased gold!
Beyond that I really believe the government is not trustworthy to manage an economy. Plus they use the economy for a political tool. [sarc?]Maybe we should task the military with enforcement of economic rules and laws. I imagine heads would roll but that the job would be accomplished satisfactorially. [/sarc?]
Ideally somebody independent should manage the economy and oversight over the financial sector but between corruption and power and conflict of interest nobody can be trusted to do the right thing.
Would a world body be a better overseer? Is there anybody that can be trusted to do a fair job at all?
Are we therefore fucked?
I dunno if I trust the government to manage a budget.
Would/could the people themselves do a better job? [sarc] Would the states do a better job[/sarc]?
[dead f***ing serious]Are we therefore fucked?[/dead f***ing serious]
What's your take on the ideal role of government in our economy?
What's your take on the ideal role of government in our economy?
The government that governs least, governs best. In ancient Greece, there were no building codes.
There was one law that governed building that seemed to have worked. If the building you built collapsed and someone died, you were put to death. Result? The Parthenon stood intact for millenia until artillery destroyed some of it.
Our tax code is a travesty.
Thoreau told us to simplify. Why he then repeated it twice is confusing, but he did.
"Simplify, simplify, simplify".
Government is a needed evil that needs to be kept as abreviated as is possible to get the job done.
We need a gov't that does not let larger business lobby for legislation that drives smaller businesses out of business.
For example, say I own a small independent gourmet wine shop where 99% of my business orders come over the internet and 70% of my sales are shipped to customers in other states.
Along come larger wine and beer wholesalers who get lobbyists to sponser a bill like a current one that sits in the U.S. House of Representatives today, called the 'Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2010'.
This bill, if passed, severely restricts direct interstate shipping of wine by retailers.
It passes, I'm out of business along with any employees I have losing their jobs.
We need a gov't that does not let larger business lobby for legislation that drives smaller businesses out of business.
For example, say I own a small independent gourmet wine shop where 99% of my business orders come over the internet and 70% of my sales are shipped to customers in other states.
Along come larger wine and beer wholesalers who get lobbyists to sponser a bill like a current one that sits in the U.S. House of Representatives today, called the 'Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2010'.
This bill, if passed, severely restricts direct interstate shipping of wine by retailers.
It passes, I'm out of business along with any employees I have losing their jobs.
I see only one positive thing about that bill.
How do you certify that the purchaser is old enough to buy and consume alcoholic beverages?
We need a gov't that does not let larger business lobby for legislation that drives smaller businesses out of business.
For example, say I own a small independent gourmet wine shop where 99% of my business orders come over the internet and 70% of my sales are shipped to customers in other states.
Along come larger wine and beer wholesalers who get lobbyists to sponser a bill like a current one that sits in the U.S. House of Representatives today, called the 'Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2010'.
This bill, if passed, severely restricts direct interstate shipping of wine by retailers.
It passes, I'm out of business along with any employees I have losing their jobs.
I see only one positive thing about that bill.
How do you certify that the purchaser is old enough to buy and consume alcoholic beverages?
What's your take on the ideal role of government in our economy?
The government that governs least, governs best. In ancient Greece, there were no building codes.
Nor in Haiti