Business, Good and Evil

Business is neither good nor evil.
Business is business, as they say.
A good deal often means someone was taken advantage of, that's business! That's the art of the deal. However, there are things that so go over the line of decency, they are considered crimes. The point being that some people are driven by the deal. They are inventive, and always looking for ways to improve the deal, to the point of not being a crime, but what should be a crime! And REGULATION doesn't come about because some bureaucrat sitting in an office, figured out a new and inventive way to stop people from making good deals. Regulation has to do with ethics, and government driving business in a particular direction, setting incentives to play by the rules, that it may or may not want to go in with.

Good governance has to do with who is in control of the rudder.
The for profit, best deal of century guys?
Or we the people, the government, who have no profit motive?

Republicans feel, that deep down inside, we're all good, we all understand the rules, so get government out of the way! The market is SELF CORRECTING on it's own! Bad people will do bad thing, they will be exposed and punished.
Democrats feel, people are good, but greed blinds good decisions, and then everything collapses, and therefore we need to regulate, not to prevent collapse, but to minimize the impact of self correction! Those who play by the rules, may still fail, but will not take the nation and the world with them.

These are major philosophical differences. What we (so called) on the left, reject- is the idea that we are anti-business. We're actually a little bolder, and PRO-COMPETITION. Which means monopoly busting.

Teddy Roosevelt, a fine Republican, was called "the Trust Buster". Corporations were called Trusts in his day, so he was being called the big business buster, because he felt they were out of control in pursuit of the BEST DEAL (taking advantage of someone). He felt there had to be rules, that made sure that the highest ethics were followed; which assure citizens that food was safe to eat, for example.

Ronald Reagan undid most of that, feeling that; "Government was the problem, not the solution!" And on it goes, until 'W' nearly did away with any teeth the government had left over Wall Street. You were already the judge of how well that worked, by voting in the nation's first Black President, of the OTHER party. Some did this grudgingly, but did it!

Trickle Down is again, a total and complete failure, that it's aways been. Because of the FEW, that amass the most, then collapse under their own weight and schemes, rather than trickle down! It's more like they capsize. They got deal they deserved, (self correction) but they nearly SUNK the whole world with them, (lack of regulation).

Religion, I'm sorry to tell you Christians, Judges People! It has to, or it would be taken advantage of time and time again by charlatans. Religion today, has no teeth to punish, not legally. Peoples good nature, and desire to build solid communities, still is not enough. Government is the only entity that can create and enforce rules of proper behavior, and can be totally blind, in not wieghing the merits of a man, against his needs. It's sets a minimum standard, and any falling below may APPLY for assistance. Only GOVERNMENT can do this, with our constitutional authority.

Unless you want to push through beggars, to get in or out of the supermarket like every other country, wouldn't you rather have it this way? That's why I remain a LIBERAL! I don't need a gun to safely get in and out of the supermarket! I will not apologize for it!

You can't tell heart disease from a glance at a man, which is why so many die so young (even in high school). But it can be diagnosed, and it can be treated. A man can look totally healthy, and be unable to work at all, without fear of sudden death. It's another reason that Faith Based Philanthropy, does not work. Only Government can dip into your medical file, and determine if you are fit to work or not, much to sneers the gears of those who are fit, and think these others are all freeloaders!

Does Arnold Schwarzenegger need Medicare? It doesn't matter, as a senior citizen, he is entitled to it! Churches would not feel that way. And big business would not feel that way. But Government does!

Here are just a few of the reasons, I'm a PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL. However, I am a PL as in the image of TR! I hope you'll wise up, and join me? We can build a better and safer GREAT sociality, but it just can not be done from minimalistic and weaker government. We all agree, that Government must be part of the solution. So stop hoping the President FAILS, your idiocy is showing, and it's not much to be proud of!

The Right of the People to Rule, a speech from our Republican President in 1912. It's a Thomas Edison recording, it's not very long (4min), but worth it in it's warnings, not to be so damn French!