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Originally Posted by dkb
DR ... the graft and waste and sheer incompetence of government so outstrips what any private businesses are capable of most people don't even see it. It's so big you can't get back far enough away to put it in perspective.
The same people who are right now telling Chrysler and GM how to NOT lose billions are in the very next room losing trillions.
All the problems with these big corporations can be traced back directly to government regulations and interventions.
-the government encouraged banks to make more home loans to low income folks through Fannie and Freddie ... next step disaster
-the government wants gas prices high to force us all into small cars ... next step auto company collapse
-the government forces ethanol use ... next step food price increases, famine and rioting in the third world
Everywhere the market isn't working you'll find the heavy hand of politicians in the background trying to force us all into behavior that they prefer.
Government Motors will not be building a muscle car with 400 hp for much longer ... that's what we want to drive but its not what the government wants us to drive ....
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I'm not going to agree or disagree with what you've written, but I will say we have a voice within our government, however small. We can have a bigger voice and more power if any or all of us become more informed and involved. Truthfully, we are the government, but most of us have given up or never tried to assert ourselves. We give our power over to whomever runs the best/most Ad's during election season and then hope for the best. Learn who your representatives are, you might be surprized by what you find. One of mine was kind of a nerd in High School and a few of my friends remember him getting picked on a lot. Now he's a powerful congressman with an axe to grind.
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