Re: OT ~ More Power to the Bureaucrats?

On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:02:12 -0500, Bob Giddings wrote:

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 06:56:04 -0700, "Dave \(The Other\)"
<invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"John A. Weeks III" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In article <acv2k.748$bh5.264@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Carl A."
<chainfl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From time to time some here advocate more power to the government to
take over such programs as healthcare, or to "socialize" the oil
industry.

Here's an interesting perspective from today's Wall Street Journal

So what? Government makes mistakes. Corporations make mistakes.
People make mistakes. As long as you have humans involved, there are
going to be mistakes.

The article is meaningless because it points out something that isn't
in dispute, and that is that all organizations make mistakes. What
the article failed to show is that the government makes more mistakes
on average or per capita than other organizations. In order to draw a
conclusion that government is showhow bad or mismanages these
programs, you have to show that other organizations do a better job,
or that government does a worse job. If I wanted to, I could follow
you around for a day and find 10 mistakes that you make. Does that
mean that you are incompetent or more mistake prone than other people?

-john-


It appears you have a pathological need to defend any form of
government.

What you don't seem to get are the consequences involved. When an
individual or corporation screws up there is tangible pain. The
individual loses money, job, home and/or a myriad of other things.
Corporations that screw up lose customers, revenue and may eventually
bankrupt themselves. See Chrysler. See General Motors. See Ford Motor
Company.

When governments screw up all they have to do is say "Oh, shoot!" and
raise taxes.

Dave Thompson


When corporations screw up, they turn to the government. Right this
minute, the entire financial sector is depending on false accounting and
the Federal Reserve to keep them from bankruptcy.

Banks are funny guys. They like to privatize profits and socialize
debt.

Nice job if you can get it.

Bob

Thank you for explaining why government should never be involved in
business decisions. They should not bail them out, they should not
support them financially, and they should not regulate them to such a
degree that they are forced to rely on the government for their success.

Bruce

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