Of course the govenrment can create jobs. Probably the best example in my lifetime was the Apollo projects of the 60's. Not only did they create thousands of jobs and careers in within the program, they created new industries, new technologies and an explosion of opportunities for millions that continues to this day.
Other good examples include the highways and transportation systems financed by the government since the Eisenhower administration. Again not only were jobs and careers created for millions to build the infrastructure, the result in increased transportation capability has allowed for the flow of labor, products and materials and is a major contributor to all the economic growth that has occurred since.
As with most of the mantra being fed from the Republican leadership if you examine the foundation of the economic beliefs their arguments do not pass the test. The Republican's are dead wrong on what is happening to America. It is becoming obvious that the ultimate vision of a Utopian American by the Right Wing more closely resembles Mexico than 20th century America.
1)Those jobs where/are created with tax payers wealth. The govt did nothing to create that wealth
2) the Govt finances nothing. They take tax payers wealth and Finance it
In summary a road being built to transport anything from point A to B is financed/built and used by the tax payer.
Same with NASA to a point
Thats not even a test, thats a fact
Our point is Govt is not a bad thing, Govt needs to be a small thing
Wealth is created then taxed, its not the other way around. What and how that wealth is used is at issue
To take wealth from persona A who makes 75K a year, has his/her own 401K, helps with his/her ins and gives that wealth to a person who makes 40K a year with 60 a year in 4-ever legacy after there done contributing does not work
here we are
I wouldn't dispute any of your points. I think the problem in the US today isn't that person A generates wealth that goes to person B. The problem is one you stated a couple of posts back. "You cannot regulate greed". I believe that was what you said. Greed leads to corruption. Corruption leads to very bad business and very bad government.
While I would agree that greed is a human flaw that probably cannot be overcome. It does need to be addressed and controlled. Would you agree that a absolute Free Market applies little to no restraint on Greed? I would.
So if the market cannot control the unhealthy greed of its winners, what can? I would say that is one of the primary roles of government. Remember there is in reality no such thing as a "free market". All economic systems are developed within a framework of rules, accepted practices some sort of moral code of behavior. In our world Governments by and large create those rules.
Our government has one Resounding Premise. All people should be free to make their own choices to the largest degree possible. Of course there are still rules that apply to personal freedom. When your choices infringe upon my freedom to act we have a problem. The same is true with players in the economic system. Until someone comes up with something better, it is the Government that must step in to regulate and or restrain the human greed that threatens to ruin the show for the rest of us.
We, the taxpayers don't have a problem paying taxes so long as we see a return on that investment. The problem to many of us, we no longer see government as reliable overseer's of the investment (taxes) we place within Governments control. And while I can't speak for everyone, I do think most of us would site corruption within our government and our largest corporations as the most significant obsitcle to overcome to right this ship.
A good current example is what is occurring in Wisconsin right now. A greedy billionaire finances a puppet into the position of Governor. The billionaire has his sites on the Public Utilities as a potential cash cow with an enormous ROI if he can finagle his way into a controlling ownership position. A crisis is created with funding from the billionaire and manipulation by the Governor which completely masks the true goal of attaining ownership of the utilities. That distraction is rooted in the wedge issue of Public Employee Unions. While the sideshow takes all the headlines the back door is open. Within the bill to kill public unions for the sake of saving taxpayers is a small clause that sets the framework for the Billionaire to seize the utilities he covets. Is this free market capitalism or is it Corruption in its highest form?
