Barb
Carpe Scrotum
Corporations
"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed
corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a
trial of strength and bid
defiance to the laws of our country."
Thomas Jefferson, 1812
Source:Liberty Quotes
Barb,
I rather liked that quote actually and sort of sums of what I have been saying that under the commerce clause of the constitution this issue of costs can be solved rather easily with a congress that is willing to work within it's framework and provide a path through regulation and de-regulation a method to reduce overall costs and stimulate competetion. Jefferson however, like just about all the founding fathers was very much in favor of limited Govt. and his views on healthcare it can be said were very much influenced by Dr. Benjamin Rush.
"[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government." --Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813. ME 19:197
"I consider the foundation of the [Federal] Constitution as laid on this ground: That "all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people." [10th Amendment] To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible of any definition." --Thomas Jefferson: Opinion on National Bank, 1791. ME 3:146
No matter though, I'm sure though some tax provision that this healthcare bill will be passed and the sides that are advocating this will be well satisfied till they see for themselves its result.
He was about limited government. He was especially about limited corporate influence on government.
That's what I don't understand about any of you. Honestly, and I'm trying not to be horrible here.
but
What part of "working against your own interests" don't you get? "The market" has a proven track record for eating its own tail, and failing.Where the public good, and public goods are to be considered,the market is not a reliable gauge. Period.