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Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
No, I don't admit he is right.
Profit isn't bad. The private sector can generally manage things better that the government. When the government get involved, taxes always go up, and quality goes down.
I might favor some new legislation though.
People have to stop looking to the government to solve all their problems.
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Profit isn't bad. But when profit is put ahead of someone's health, it's wrong. When someone can't get a kidney because the health insurance wanted to save $30,000, it's bad. Profit is good when you're selling porn, TVs and lamp shades. It's not exactly the best thing to have when you're selling health.
Taxes go up because politicians spend like rappers. They start stupid wars to make their friends rich, give tax breaks to their buddies in the oil industry, and earmark bullshit expenditures because it raises the value of one of their properties or will help someone who donated to their party. Fuck, we just had a representative earmark half a million dollars for a fucking teapot museum in her district.
And the private sector can't always manage things better. Companies like Halliburton cost the country billions in overbilling and half ass work. Companies like Blackwater bill out our country $1000/day for mercenaries while our soldiers make $30/day. Private companies like Enron sure didn't manage the retirements of a lot of people too well, now did they? The argument isn't private vs government, it's who is in control and what their motivations are. If you put someone in charge of government programs that wanted to do well, you'd be fine. But we sit around and give government programs to fucksticks who couldn't cut it in the private sector like the shithead who ran FEMA.