tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post6855910948210496585..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: Why we need a more limited governmentScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-64680078327753806592011-09-17T06:21:27.994-07:002011-09-17T06:21:27.994-07:00John (Unillustrated John) has hit the nail on the ...John (Unillustrated John) has hit the nail on the head. It is a mystery to me that conservatives have this idea, contrary to all history and evidence, that if you could just get rid of all government regulation and mandates, aka "interference", and taxation, and, no doubt unions, that the private sector will be warm and benign, and of course efficient and honest as the day is long. The Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17167327283573273716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-45606772685618736772011-09-16T16:57:03.355-07:002011-09-16T16:57:03.355-07:00John:
I agree with everything you said. My infere...John:<br /><br />I agree with everything you said. My inference refers to my perception of our predominant political debate between Republicans and Democrats. Republican rhetoric tends to "refutiate" and even demonize the role of government and Democrats want government to guard against the concentration of power into the hands wealthy plutarchs. <br /><br />I think the debate, as Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365403570563730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-31824387854010208572011-09-16T11:30:05.055-07:002011-09-16T11:30:05.055-07:00John,
Your inference is that government is good a...John,<br /><br />Your inference is that government is good and business is bad. I submit that both can be either. <br /><br />IMO there is nothing wrong with reasonable regulation and oversight of the private sector by government. It is a matter of degree. Reasonable people should work together to make both serve the public responsibly, respecting private property and individual freedoms. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652253509768573561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-87929737388766858802011-09-16T11:21:13.227-07:002011-09-16T11:21:13.227-07:00Ian: excellent article, thanksIan: excellent article, thanksScott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-33571300254374376782011-09-16T10:51:34.225-07:002011-09-16T10:51:34.225-07:00Business and government are two sides of the same ...Business and government are two sides of the same coin. One can not exist without the other. Our politics is about which side of the coin lands on top.<br /><br />Will business dominate the government as a plutocracy, or will government elected by the people restrain the excesses and corruption of business as Theodore Roosevelt did 100 years ago?<br /><br />It's very clear which side the Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365403570563730880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-33331743610325711982011-09-16T10:28:58.779-07:002011-09-16T10:28:58.779-07:00Please recall airport security WAS formerly done b...Please recall airport security WAS formerly done by private companies. In the aftermath of 9/11 Bush etc. (elected as 'small government' conservatives and ultra-patriotic neocons) did not think employees of private companies could be made secure enough.Ed Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720176132423294274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-74524674137601537872011-09-16T10:05:26.400-07:002011-09-16T10:05:26.400-07:00This might interest you
http://www.theglobeandmai...This might interest you<br /><br />http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynolds/canadas-enviable-shrinking-of-the-power-of-the-state/article2164654/print/Ian Brukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05517379755793247644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-15715653312801340672011-09-16T10:02:31.252-07:002011-09-16T10:02:31.252-07:00I am beginning to think not only the TSA, but abso...I am beginning to think not only the TSA, but absolutely the VA and even much of the Department of Defense should also be privatized.<br /><br />And, of course, eliminate the USDA, HUD and Commerce.<br /><br /><br />Well, dreams are nice. Federal programs are not often sunsetted. But the GOP and Dems will stand athwart any real moves to privatize agencies. They use agencies to funnel money to Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-27036818348099010862011-09-16T09:23:01.025-07:002011-09-16T09:23:01.025-07:00A commenter on a different website where I read th...A commenter on a different website where I read this y'day said that a politician complaining their program conceived for and run by the govt. had been "hijacked by bureaucrats" was the equivalent of handing your keys to the red vested guy at a fancy restaurant and then complaining that your car has been "hijacked by valets". What did Rep Mica expect was going to happen Marshall Junghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494663748081037987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-10404263377675335562011-09-16T09:22:09.651-07:002011-09-16T09:22:09.651-07:00To limit the government you need to remove the Fed...To limit the government you need to remove the Fed. Until you address this issue, the incentives are clearly skewed towards bigger government and larger stockpiles of debt.Public Libraryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017383928897945054noreply@blogger.com