Re: "Big" government
Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:27 pm
I think we can all agree some form of government is necessary. That we can rely on folks to "do the right thing" obviously doesn't work. If it did, we wouldn't need any laws, now would we. Most laws are a response to folks, business, and industry actions that harm or unfairly impact others. The question is the degree and depth of dictates of the law that governments enact. No longer is legislation to ensure "the right thing is done", as protections for the minority against the majority, etc. etc. Law that most can all agree is just.
Unfortunately, tides have turned, and now the law is used to benefit those who least need protection. The costs of welfare programs for the people pales compared to the monies that go to international corporations. That's where the problem is, not the social support networks many rail against. Why are more and more folks needing assistance? Laziness? Bah, humbug. Because more and more those programs are all that is left. Nothing trickled down, everything is flooding up.
So yes, I, too, am against "big government" that allows, encourages, and rewards things like mountain top removal mining, frakking, environmental degradation on the backs and pocketbooks of the populace. Just the tip of the iceburg, by the way, of law enacted to ensure profits for corporations, and dead ends for anyone who aspires not to make a go of it on their own.
Criminal? In many ways, absolutely. Also devoid of morality, compassion, and ethics. Those are the aspects of government I would like to see changed. But as long as the elite see the people as just another disposable resource, grist for their profit mills, there won't be any change until we make it so that playing nice is the most profitable approach.
There are no absolutes.
neal
Unfortunately, tides have turned, and now the law is used to benefit those who least need protection. The costs of welfare programs for the people pales compared to the monies that go to international corporations. That's where the problem is, not the social support networks many rail against. Why are more and more folks needing assistance? Laziness? Bah, humbug. Because more and more those programs are all that is left. Nothing trickled down, everything is flooding up.
So yes, I, too, am against "big government" that allows, encourages, and rewards things like mountain top removal mining, frakking, environmental degradation on the backs and pocketbooks of the populace. Just the tip of the iceburg, by the way, of law enacted to ensure profits for corporations, and dead ends for anyone who aspires not to make a go of it on their own.
Criminal? In many ways, absolutely. Also devoid of morality, compassion, and ethics. Those are the aspects of government I would like to see changed. But as long as the elite see the people as just another disposable resource, grist for their profit mills, there won't be any change until we make it so that playing nice is the most profitable approach.
There are no absolutes.
neal