richardhutnik said:
Actually, people who argue that government doesn't work, will end up saying the government does a poor job at things. Word is "the private sector can do it better". Well, what I was saying, when it comes to implementing the will of the people influencing government, it is able to end up getting the needed money, distributing it, and using law enforcement to slow down and hinder things it doesn't like. It doesn't mean the government can completely stop things, as markets tend to skirt around a lot of government action. I did end up comparing government to a genie, and this would fit. And I could go further by connecting genie in this context to the Muslim tradition of genie being jinn (genie comes from that). Genies would be comparable to that of a demon I believe, and I believe in Muslim tradition. there are stories of how genies would end up destroying people by granting them wishes. If one has issues with government, it would be that the genie (government) keeps granting the wishes of those who call on the genie to do this, and this set of wishes ultimately destroys the wishes of the people. Evil versions of the genie would do this. So, one can end up arguing the government is a genie that can destroy a nation, if it isn't tempered. |
But the Government doesn't do most things well. Look at how many things they do that have gone, or will go, bankrupt. And this is despite their ability to confiscate as much wealth as they see fit, through taxation, inflation, and borrowing.
I can't think of a single thing that Government does better than the private sector.
