Besides the fact that almost everything you said is completely unsubstantiated?
Just Say No.
Prove anything you just said. You realize that we are far behind many countries technologically speaking and regarding infrastructure. It would be hard to say that America is on the forefront of anything right now.
You do realize government is in our lives in more ways than ever before too... don't you?
It is why businesses go overseas. Too much intrusion and theft of wealth.
How? That sounds excellent, but it was just a bunch of words grouped together with no backing.
Yeah... no backing. It took America 170-years to be the world leader... actually shorter. Freedom, Liberty, Individual Rights. We kicked the asses of those aged and all knowing nations not because we are superior individuals, but because we had a far superior system. The Free market. Now we have followed their worst examples and have 13,000,000,000,000 in debt! Most accumulated with Government Sanctioned Idiocy aimed to "help". Some help... it's destroyed.
Without government intervention like Sarbanes-Oxley, what would have been created in the private sector to avoid other Enron-like situations? A great example is the recent crash. There has been no regulation to fix derivatives trading. What has the free market done to guarantee us that our companies will not buy into falsley certified bad derivatives?
Their brains. Use common sense. If they don't have enough of it... too ****ing bad. Their CHOICE!
Sarbanes-Oxley was overkill, a costly, unnecessary burden on business.
The free market has its positives. I don't know why you think you are educated me on that. I am not anti-free market. I am, however, a realist. The free market is not perfect and without regulations, the free market will run amok. This seems to be contrary to most conservative talking points that claim that leaving the free market alone is the solution to everything. It is my opinion that leaving the free market alone is ignorant and will only lead to relapses.
The Free Market is the engine that creates jobs and wealth... and makes billions of decisions that improve lives. It is flexible as hell. Government is a 10,000 mile long supertanker... it is slow... corrupt... and doesn't look at business decisions as business people do. The 55mph speed limit was designed to save fuel during a supposed "oil crisis", and then be phased out. Took 25-years, wasted fuel and was simply idiotic.... but that's Liberal Government.
Also, nice straw man on the pollution argument. What country was I defending again? Oh wait, I wasn't. I was simply saying that without government restrictions, the free market would pollute as much as necessary to make a profit. Do you disagree?
No straw... fact.
I've never said there shouldn't be government, but it is way, way, way too intrusive. Just look at the Global Warming idiocy. Unproven, using junk science, smoke and mirrors. It's another channel being used to control lives and restrict freedoms. That's , the worst of government, that's Liberal Government.
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