| Want to see what it looks like when government is run like a business? Look at Ireland, Greece and Spain. |
| Government cut backs increase unemployment, which decreases consumption, which decreases the need for production, which increases unemployment…etc.
When a corporation cuts its costs by laying off employees, it increases its profit margin. When a government cuts its costs by laying off employees (and cutting back on programs for the disadvantaged), the effect is the exact opposite. “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there, good for you. But, I want to be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate. You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did. Now look, you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea. God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.” --Elizabeth Warren, candidate for Senate in Massachuchetts Source: "Bitter Politics of Envy?" By CHARLES M. BLOW - NY Times - January 13, 2012 [She left out the entire issue of copyright and patent protection and their related enforcement, another service which allows corporations to make a profit. - Spinshield] |
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