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created this blog to publish articles on public policy issues in order to to provide information and
stimulate constructive discussion.
Some of my posts may suggest that pure free market capitalism is not the ideal solution to a particular public need. That does not mean I am a Socialist or a Communist. I have never been affiliated with any Socialist or Communist organization. And I am certainly not anti-capitalist. I am an investor and I enjoy benefits from my capitalistic investments every month.
Americans benefit every day from government programs that serve public needs. The concept of a developed nation means a place where people can live their lives and do business in an orderly and secure manner. Therefore we have laws and regulations to ensure that streets and highways are constructed according to uniform standards. Homes and building are constructed according to sound engineering standards. Commerce is conducted according to a Uniform Commercial Code. Goods and services are bought and sold using a uniform widely accepted exchange currency whose liquidity is guaranteed by the government. Production and sale of food and medicine is supervised to prevent needless poisoning and death.
Americans are subjected to a great deal of misleading anti-government propaganda from factions that either do not want to pay taxes or do not want to be regulated. There is no organization charged with the duty to correct such statements. Your county building department, for example, does not have a public relations budget to publish information and give speeches reminding the citizens why the building department is necessary.
This is not to say there are not valid criticisms of our government agencies. If you have government, there will be some government corruption; graft, kickbacks, abuses of power, and sometimes a government agency can exhibit extraordinary inefficiency. I have personally witnessed all of these problems. Problems with our government should be exposed, factually and without hysteria or hyperbole, to promote corrective action. One does not eliminate the police because one officer is caught in wrongdoing.
If a reader cares to submit a thoughtful post on a topic under discussion I will consider posting it.
Your constructive thoughtful comments are welcome.
Some of my posts may suggest that pure free market capitalism is not the ideal solution to a particular public need. That does not mean I am a Socialist or a Communist. I have never been affiliated with any Socialist or Communist organization. And I am certainly not anti-capitalist. I am an investor and I enjoy benefits from my capitalistic investments every month.
Americans benefit every day from government programs that serve public needs. The concept of a developed nation means a place where people can live their lives and do business in an orderly and secure manner. Therefore we have laws and regulations to ensure that streets and highways are constructed according to uniform standards. Homes and building are constructed according to sound engineering standards. Commerce is conducted according to a Uniform Commercial Code. Goods and services are bought and sold using a uniform widely accepted exchange currency whose liquidity is guaranteed by the government. Production and sale of food and medicine is supervised to prevent needless poisoning and death.
Americans are subjected to a great deal of misleading anti-government propaganda from factions that either do not want to pay taxes or do not want to be regulated. There is no organization charged with the duty to correct such statements. Your county building department, for example, does not have a public relations budget to publish information and give speeches reminding the citizens why the building department is necessary.
This is not to say there are not valid criticisms of our government agencies. If you have government, there will be some government corruption; graft, kickbacks, abuses of power, and sometimes a government agency can exhibit extraordinary inefficiency. I have personally witnessed all of these problems. Problems with our government should be exposed, factually and without hysteria or hyperbole, to promote corrective action. One does not eliminate the police because one officer is caught in wrongdoing.
If a reader cares to submit a thoughtful post on a topic under discussion I will consider posting it.
Your constructive thoughtful comments are welcome.
Tom C.
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