SwimExpert
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Being in business does not make someone smart. Being a profitable business does not necessarily make someone smart. The 2008 collapse is a great example. Alot of companies made really stupid moves and things went bad. Really bad.
That being said, what are you going to do? Some degree of regulation is a good thing. But it seems like most liberals nowadays want to propose sweeping forms of aggressive government control. OnePercenter, for example, has recently been proposing that government dictate very specific numbers and figures for how to operate. Which is just ridiculous. Business needs adequate room to maneuver and figure out what is the best way to deal with their own challenges.
What many people fail to understand is that there is no security other than that which a person can provide for him or her self. That is where the focus needs to lay. The best solutions will prioritize empowering individuals in their own right. Attempting to restrict someone else is an inferior way to offer you security and the opportunity for prosperity.
The best, most direct way we can accomplish this is to eliminate income taxes on the bottom 95% of earners. Money in the hands of consumers is money they can choose to save, choose to spend on providing for their own basic needs, and/or choose to devote to educational or training to improve their opportunities in life.
We can do this in a fiscally responsible way by also reducing spending on entitlements by 50% of current levels. Such a reduction would still allow substantial resources to provide a true social safety net, as opposed to the current system which is more of an empowerment of poverty system. And, in addition to all of this, it would result in a budgetary surplus that could be used to pay down the public debt.
I'm sure it makes too much sense for most people, though.
That being said, what are you going to do? Some degree of regulation is a good thing. But it seems like most liberals nowadays want to propose sweeping forms of aggressive government control. OnePercenter, for example, has recently been proposing that government dictate very specific numbers and figures for how to operate. Which is just ridiculous. Business needs adequate room to maneuver and figure out what is the best way to deal with their own challenges.
What many people fail to understand is that there is no security other than that which a person can provide for him or her self. That is where the focus needs to lay. The best solutions will prioritize empowering individuals in their own right. Attempting to restrict someone else is an inferior way to offer you security and the opportunity for prosperity.
The best, most direct way we can accomplish this is to eliminate income taxes on the bottom 95% of earners. Money in the hands of consumers is money they can choose to save, choose to spend on providing for their own basic needs, and/or choose to devote to educational or training to improve their opportunities in life.
We can do this in a fiscally responsible way by also reducing spending on entitlements by 50% of current levels. Such a reduction would still allow substantial resources to provide a true social safety net, as opposed to the current system which is more of an empowerment of poverty system. And, in addition to all of this, it would result in a budgetary surplus that could be used to pay down the public debt.
I'm sure it makes too much sense for most people, though.