RE: OUR unemployment rate
March 12, 2010 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 12, 2010 at 11:28 pm by theblindferrengi.)
Monopolies are a bad idea for the same reasons that trusts, cartels and horizantal integration were banned nearly 100 years ago, and Microsoft is not a monopoly on operating systems, as it has always had competion that keeps microsoft in check. If Microsoft truly was a moonopoly, it would crush any new startups.
Yes, over-regulation kills free enterprise, but even more so does having absolutely no regulation. A balance is needed between public sector and private sector in order to keep the public sector sustainable. It would be nice to get rid of government regulation of buisness, as it can be a pain in the ass, but only in a utopian society would doing so be viable. In 19th century England, purchasing was considered a privilage, and things like child labour, long hours, and low pay were common; this is very efficient at generating things, but is not humane. Times have not changed because employers decided to be nice, but because the government stepped in and said that employees are people too.
Yes, over-regulation kills free enterprise, but even more so does having absolutely no regulation. A balance is needed between public sector and private sector in order to keep the public sector sustainable. It would be nice to get rid of government regulation of buisness, as it can be a pain in the ass, but only in a utopian society would doing so be viable. In 19th century England, purchasing was considered a privilage, and things like child labour, long hours, and low pay were common; this is very efficient at generating things, but is not humane. Times have not changed because employers decided to be nice, but because the government stepped in and said that employees are people too.
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"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys" - P.J. O'Rourke
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher
"Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success." - Christopher Lasch
"Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys" - P.J. O'Rourke
"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher
"Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success." - Christopher Lasch
