tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post7311628013127299898..comments2024-03-27T15:34:14.749-07:00Comments on dangerous idea: Immigration, health care, and trusting the governmentVictor Repperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-75089498305785169322010-05-15T18:32:22.069-07:002010-05-15T18:32:22.069-07:00Dave here,
Thanks for the link. You've given...Dave here,<br /><br />Thanks for the link. You've given me some things to think about. <br /><br />I'm not trying to win and I don't much worry anymore (gotten old I guess). I service businesses in CA and see bad government policy ruining the lives of people I know in business.<br /><br />I still think bad government has more to do with cartels than corporations. But, let me think on it some more.<br /><br />Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-9371783415690146982010-05-15T17:54:45.614-07:002010-05-15T17:54:45.614-07:00http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/from-...http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/from-cartel-to-corporation-the-economics-of-the-drug-trade/<br /><br />Fwiw.<br /><br />Also, when comparing governments to corporations, isn't it important to compare governments similar to ours and corporations similar to ours? Or, do we get to win the who should _we_ worry about more game by comparing the Nazis to Nabisco?Clayton Littlejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596200828134402805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-81347852692447133042010-05-15T16:55:52.640-07:002010-05-15T16:55:52.640-07:00Dave here,
"A corporation is an institution ...Dave here,<br /><br />"A corporation is an institution that is granted a charter recognizing it as a separate legal entity having its own privileges, and liabilities distinct from those of its members."-Wiki<br /><br />Defining the cartels as corporations makes less sense than defining them as a government.<br /><br />"A government is the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects."<br /><br />The Lakers were the original "Los" as in Los Angeles. I don't know their stand on AZ policy, just hope they're not obsessed with race and the continuous aggravation of a deep wound in our country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-11587078458531260862010-05-15T04:14:45.934-07:002010-05-15T04:14:45.934-07:00"Corporations have never done the depth of ev..."Corporations have never done the depth of evil that government has.<br /><br />Give me your corporate comparison to Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pot..., and whoever the clowns are that are currently ruining Mexico."<br /><br />Who is more evil, the Mexican government or the Mexican drug corporations? I guess I'd say that the government is corrupt and powerless, far less evil than the Mexican drug corporations. (Or, do Mexican drug cartels not count as corporations?)Clayton Littlejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596200828134402805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-64643130933235454232010-05-15T00:23:14.503-07:002010-05-15T00:23:14.503-07:00The Spurs supported the Los Suns and their views o...The Spurs supported the Los Suns and their views on the immigration bill. Are the Lakers in the same boat?Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-10803965829909927692010-05-14T23:54:16.527-07:002010-05-14T23:54:16.527-07:00Vic,
Dave Duffy here, formerly "Anonymous,&q...Vic,<br /><br />Dave Duffy here, formerly "Anonymous," no fair quoting C.S. Lewis to me! As a Christian convert 27 years ago and then joining the Anglican Church 12 years ago how can I defend myself?<br /><br />As a Lakers fan (being born in L.A) maybe we ought to let the Suns/Lakers decide the big government/small government debate. <br /><br />I'm Lakers (but California) and you're Suns (but Arizona) so go figure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-46524789622250141592010-05-14T22:38:51.056-07:002010-05-14T22:38:51.056-07:00That sounds really good, so long as you are swimmi...That sounds really good, so long as you are swimming, and not sinking, on your own resources. <br /><br />"What you have gone through begins to reconcile me to our Welfare State of which I have said so many hard things. 'National Health Service' with free treatment for all has its drawbacks - one being that Doctors are incessantly<br />pestered by people who have nothing wrong with them. But it is better than leaving people to sink or swim on their own resources."<br /><br />-C. S. Lewis to Mary Willis Shelburne, July 7th, 1959. <br /><br />Those whose great fear is socialism fear the takeover of private industry by government. But so long as political leaders can be bought and paid for by corporations, you are going to get as much "conservatism" out of many government leaders as is consistent with the well-being of CEOs of major corporations. <br /><br />I mean, what kind of corrupt state of mind is it that plays damage control games with a major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that is threatening to destroy the entire shrimping and fishing industry on the Gulf Coast? What kind of corrupt state of mind is it that exploits slave labor in order to make a profit, and even exploits child labor all around the world?Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-39637548088566127922010-05-14T22:08:17.024-07:002010-05-14T22:08:17.024-07:00Great question. If I were to chose between free e...Great question. If I were to chose between free enterprise energy along with paying for my own health care or government control of health care and begging the government for energy, I'll choose to pay for my energy and health care. Just let me be free and not a beggar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-38707081821664111932010-05-14T20:53:21.584-07:002010-05-14T20:53:21.584-07:00Evil will appear anywhwere power is not checked an...Evil will appear anywhwere power is not checked and balanced. <br /><br />Which does more harm, the British National Institute of Health, or British Petroleum? <br /><br />Sometimes democratic government is better checked and balanced than corporate power. Sometimes it isn't. On my view, it's a case by case decision.Victor Repperthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962948073162156902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10584495.post-77368620054271907002010-05-14T18:19:03.507-07:002010-05-14T18:19:03.507-07:00Corporations have never done the depth of evil tha...Corporations have never done the depth of evil that government has.<br /><br />Give me your corporate comparison to Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Pot..., and whoever the clowns are that are currently ruining Mexico.<br /><br />If I were to chose between rottenness and evil, I'll chose rottenness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com