There is no party that follows your belief system at this point and there likely never will be. Neither the Democrats nor Republicans have any desire to stop giving out favors and paying out government money to the corporations that keep them coming back into office. The Republicans at the federal level have never been financially conser…
There is no party that follows your belief system at this point and there likely never will be. Neither the Democrats nor Republicans have any desire to stop giving out favors and paying out government money to the corporations that keep them coming back into office. The Republicans at the federal level have never been financially conservative and they do the same thing the Democrats do when it comes to government intervention in the economy, they refuse to help workers and at the same time do everything they can to aid corporations. Federal spending for the military under Republican administrations has always increased.
This idea that there can be any sort of free market where the playing field is level without government intervention is a fallacy. Without government creating laws that enable workers to organize and collectively bargain we would be living completely under the boot heel of corporations. In 1900 the average USA factory worker put in 60 hours of work for very little pay in dangerous conditions with no paid medical care and no provision for retirement other than what they could put away in savings, which wasn't much. Their young children worked right beside them. That's your free market.
Characterizing progressives as wanting to pile new policies on top of existing failed policies is convenient if incorrect. This perception that government is always inefficient is another fallacy. The Federal Government has massive leverage if it wants to push on the wheels of industry to set fair prices for goods and services. The real reason things go badly for the average worker when it comes to public programs is because that serves the interest of corporations. Making it more difficult and inefficient for people to obtain government services has been the goal of most corporations since those services were created.
There is no party that follows your belief system at this point and there likely never will be. Neither the Democrats nor Republicans have any desire to stop giving out favors and paying out government money to the corporations that keep them coming back into office. The Republicans at the federal level have never been financially conservative and they do the same thing the Democrats do when it comes to government intervention in the economy, they refuse to help workers and at the same time do everything they can to aid corporations. Federal spending for the military under Republican administrations has always increased.
This idea that there can be any sort of free market where the playing field is level without government intervention is a fallacy. Without government creating laws that enable workers to organize and collectively bargain we would be living completely under the boot heel of corporations. In 1900 the average USA factory worker put in 60 hours of work for very little pay in dangerous conditions with no paid medical care and no provision for retirement other than what they could put away in savings, which wasn't much. Their young children worked right beside them. That's your free market.
Characterizing progressives as wanting to pile new policies on top of existing failed policies is convenient if incorrect. This perception that government is always inefficient is another fallacy. The Federal Government has massive leverage if it wants to push on the wheels of industry to set fair prices for goods and services. The real reason things go badly for the average worker when it comes to public programs is because that serves the interest of corporations. Making it more difficult and inefficient for people to obtain government services has been the goal of most corporations since those services were created.
Ok. In what situation has the federal govt not been inefficient?