RE: Ben & Jerry's - Good Guys
December 27, 2011 at 1:09 pm
(This post was last modified: December 27, 2011 at 1:10 pm by 5thHorseman.)
'Boycotts are a very effective means of controlling the market. Look at a recent example with GoDaddy; who originally supported SOPA, and thanks to a boycott of their domain services (including hundreds of thousands of domains being switched away from them), they reversed their position in less than 24 hours'
This is great news.
'there should be a separation of business and state.'
I do agree to an extent, businesses should be run by businessmen, not politicians. But the greed that comes with it keeps me thinking that government regulation and high taxation on businesses are a neccessary evil as businesses (especially financial) show time and again that they cannot be trusted and are willing to risk much at the expence of the people they should serve.
Although I should also state that greedy individuals make this possible in the first place, no one says no to a 12% increase in their investment in a year.
This is great news.
'there should be a separation of business and state.'
I do agree to an extent, businesses should be run by businessmen, not politicians. But the greed that comes with it keeps me thinking that government regulation and high taxation on businesses are a neccessary evil as businesses (especially financial) show time and again that they cannot be trusted and are willing to risk much at the expence of the people they should serve.
Although I should also state that greedy individuals make this possible in the first place, no one says no to a 12% increase in their investment in a year.
