Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <If you want to get to core reasons why we find ourselves in this economic predicament, it's that when left unfettered, greed will win out every single damn time. Every time. We simply cannot trust one another to do the right thing. We are at the point where we need to be saved from ourselves.> You know, this concept works on government as well. The larger the federal government is, the more hooks it has into business, the more our representatives and bureaucrats can use the government to enrich themselves and their friends. I don't trust big corporations, but I don't trust big government either.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I don't trust big corporations, but I don't trust big government either." You can vote out big government. The corporations are another matter. regulate the snot out of them.
Originally Posted By mawnck >> The larger the federal government is, the more hooks it has into business, the more our representatives and bureaucrats can use the government to enrich themselves and their friends.<< Which wasn't as true before the Republicans started outsourcing everything in the name of efficiency.
