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riqster

(13,986 posts) Wed Sep 12, 2012, 09:58 AM Sep 2012

Maybe Government Should be Run Like, You Know, a Government

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/maybe-government-should-be-run-like-you-know-a-government/

Debunking the notion that Government should be run like a business, so let's elect a businessman, blahbittyblahblahblah....

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Maybe Government Should be Run Like, You Know, a Government (Original Post) riqster Sep 2012 OP

I actually think government should own businesses. Loudly Sep 2012 #1

That's been tried, too riqster Sep 2012 #2

Loudly

(2,436 posts)

1. I actually think government should own businesses.

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Wed Sep 12, 2012, 10:02 AM

Sep 2012

The profits could be taxed at 100 percent.

riqster

(13,986 posts)

2. That's been tried, too

Reply to Loudly (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:22 PM

Sep 2012

Mixed results. I feel that every activity generates positive or negative returns; some are measurable on a balance sheet, but lots aren't. No matter what path we follow, we need to keep in mind that some things can be measured in monetary terms, some in spiritual, and some in the public good.

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