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Originally Posted by crockett
This is a nice theory and sounds great in a magical unicorn land filled with fairies.. However the real world has these other power hunger fanatic types, that may not want to lead people, but they sure as hell want to tell them what to do and how to live their lives. Even if everyone had everything they needed, someone would be there telling someone else they can't do this or that..
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Entrepreneurs do not compete with poor people, they compete with other entrepreneurs. The primary role of government is enforcing regulations, laws and treaties that create a framework which protects ordinary people from power hungry foreign regimes, entrepreneurs or anyone else who would take advantage of them. That's why we have a military, police, the SEC, FTC and an alphabet soup of other government entities on the state and federal level.
We are not talking about providing everyone with luxuries. There is plenty of room for capitalism and private enterprise. If people want a lambo they can work for one, and someone selling a lambo should be charging whatever they think the market will pay for one. We are talking about necessities... People should not worry about having enough to eat and those creating food should be subject to the same kinds of rules public utilities are restrained by in terms of price and distribution. We give an ton of tax money to ADM, Monsanto and other food corps. They should be required to provide a certain amount of food set aside for poor people.
Food, healthcare, housing, electricity, home heating oil, etc... - profit should not be the primary motivator in any market that people require to survive as a matter of necessity. The power hungry can compete 8 days a week to profit over luxuries. Allowing businesses to treat necessities as if they are luxuries is a ridiculous notion. Nobody makes a decision about a heart transplant for their infant child based on price, service, warranty, etc...