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Right, because they dwarf the government and actually draft a significant amount of the legislation that the government passes.
The way things work now, individual liberty is trampled on while the right of corporations to run amok unregulated is paramount.
So, let's have the gov't run our individual liberties?Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
My brother told me last that the reason they're claiming he might be put to death is because most European countries aren't allowed to extradite someone to a country where they might be put to death. Which makes sense why they're sensationalizing that aspect of the US reaction. If it's true, I don't really have a source for that.
The best thing he can do right now is be loud and get attention. Fame is the only real protection this man has. If he was a quiet no name, he'd probably already be dead and we wouldn't be talking about this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anal Kaboom
I'm suggesting the opposite. Regulate the fuck out of industry and leave the individual citizen the fuck alone.Quote:
Originally Posted by Advocate
This is so dumb. Big government goes hand-in-hand with big business. Small government doesn't. And I don't believe that regulation isn't evil at all times. It is simply a tool that needs to be used properly or else won't be effective in its job. Some things should be and some things shouldn't (oil and natural resources, for example, should)Quote:
Originally Posted by kedawa
No you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drewbacca
Government of any size can be corrupt and inefficient.Quote:
Big government goes hand-in-hand with big business. Small government doesn't.
So you believe it's always evil, but it's just a tool?Quote:
And I don't believe that regulation isn't evil at all times. It is simply a tool that needs to be used properly or else won't be effective in its job.
I guess that's one way of looking at it.
Ya don't say.Quote:
Some things should be and some things shouldn't
Those things should exist, yes. Why wouldn't they, and what does that have to do with anything?Quote:
(oil and natural resources, for example, should)
A small government is harder to corrupt because there are less cogs to cause a problem. It also costs the people it's supposed to aid (not govern) much less. Keeping the money flowing from government and in to the hands of its citizens. Bureaucracy favors the lazy and corrupt, after all. As for that anti-regulation statement above - I made a typo. I meant to say: "And I don't believe that regulation is evil at all times." (I said ISN'T instead). Oil and natural resources should be regulated. Heavily. One of the industries that need it.
I also believe corporations have too much power to absolve themselves of legal and moral trouble. But then again... any ordinary citizen can incorporate and run the same game. I do it.
why not just do an LLC?
I knew it was a typo, I was just being an ass. ;) That last bit was also just poking fun at you're choice of words, by the way. The joke was a lot more obvious when I was high.
Anyway, I think maybe 'big government' isn't the right term for what I had in mind. Bloated bureaucracies are indeed a bad thing, but it would take a lot of the manpower and funding to keep tabs on increasingly enormous and powerful corporations. I'm not suggesting some top-heavy bureaucracy, just more people to enforce regulations and monitor for compliance, and a well-funded and accountable group of people to formulate policy. It would be ideal if regulatory agencies did all of their own research and never relied on the information and analysis that trade organizations provide them with.