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Originally Posted by Coup
?Dismantling of big government? sounds like a nice phrase. What does it mean? Does it mean that corporations go out of existence, because there will no longer be any guarantee of limited liability?
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Limited liability should be defined by a contract between buyer and seller... the government doesn't need to oversee this process by injecting regulation that lobbiests are paid to promote. Let the consumer choose, not the companies themselves forcing legislation that favors themselves.
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Originally Posted by Coup
Does it mean that all health, safety, workers rights, etc., go out the window because they were instituted by public pressures implemented through government, the only component of the governing system that is at least to some extent accountable to the public (corporations are unaccountable, apart from generally weak regulatory apparatus)?
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Why would a smaller government ever mean that health, safety, and worker's rights go out the window? This doesn't even make any logical sense.
Corporations are beholdent to the dollar. If consumers don't like the company, they don't buy from them and the company goes out of business. Corporations shouldn't be able to hide behind government protection they themselves created...
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Originally Posted by Coup
Does it mean that the economy should collapse, because basic R&D is typically publicly funded ? like what we?re now using, computers and the internet?
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Is this guy smoking crack?! You think computers and the Internet were publicly funded?! Sure the Internet started as ARPANET but that was a long time ago and was so rudimentary it doesn't even begin to TOUCH what the private sector has done. The only tax dollars going into the Internet these days are programs like carnivore and this giant kill switch they want to put in place. Let's not kid ourselves, the private sector drives the Internet AND computer hardware.
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Originally Posted by Coup
Should we eliminate roads, schools, public transportation, environmental regulation,?.?
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Every notice the nicest roads are the roads right around malls, grocery stores, etc...? That's because they're paid for independently. Before tax dollars went to creating roads private companies paid for roads because it benefits their business. Easier access means more business. Rail road companies back in the day actually paid people to build towns near the railroad because it was good for business. Also, state sales tax and tolls pay to build roads and there's nothing wrong with that. I don't think roads, schools, and public transportation is what is in mind when people talk about big government. Even so public transportation often times (and should) operate at a profit... nothing wrong with that. It's not consuming tax dollars.
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Originally Posted by Coup
Does it mean that we should be ruled by private tyrannies with no accountability to the general public, while all democratic forms are tossed out the window? Quite a few questions arise.
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Are you shitting me? Someone show me a single "tyrannical" company that ruled over people... If you do, I'll show you a company that never lasted.
I'll say it again, companies are beholdent to the dollar and the only thing that creates TRUE monopolies is the government itself. We see this with electric companies, we see this with cable companies, we see this with the USPS, we see this with passenger trains in the US. All these companies, these government sanctioned monopolies... are the ones that people complain about the most. A true tyrannical monopoly can only exist under the government's authority.