Government,
despite the protestations of the GOP and countless corporate robber barons, is
not a business. Government is a
collection of services and functions performed for the benefit of the citizens
of a nation. Those include, but are not
limited to, defense, education, social safety nets, a postal service, safety
inspections of food, water, transportation and shipping services, public
safety, and others. Many of these
services are too expensive for corporations to under write. Many do not provide sufficient revenue, if
any, for corporations to become interested in providing.
Some, by
their nature, should never be entrusted to corporations. Fire, police, medical, ambulance, and food/water
safety offer too many opportunities for abuse of service recipients. Public safety should never be provided on a
pay for coverage basis. We have already
documented instances in the United States in which houses were allowed to burn
because no service contract with a local service provider was in effect.
Government,
as we know it, has many flaws. However,
our government does not intentionally close corporations followed by off
shoring jobs. Our government does not
hide quality assurance reports and then allow unsafe food into the markets in
order to save money. Our government does not provide bonuses to CEO’s for
sending jobs overseas while lying about foreign nationals “stealing American
jobs.”
I will never
vote to elect someone who thinks government is a business at any level.
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