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In reply to the discussion: There is not a single business owner in this country who got where they are 100% on their own [View all]FarCenter
(19,429 posts)24. With state and local government, by any metric, most government activity is not useful to business
It's not that some small fraction of things that the government does aren't useful or even essential for business, e.g. the courts system and the laws regarding contracts.
And it's not that the large fraction of things that the government does aren't useful to somebody.
It is just that most of government is not essential or even useful for business, and arguing that government should do all the things it does because it is good for business is bogus.
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There is not a single business owner in this country who got where they are 100% on their own [View all]
Hugabear
Jul 2012
OP
I give them this article . . . and all I get are brush-offs and goalpost movement.
HughBeaumont
Jul 2012
#3
So this hypothetical house - you would have built it all on your own, with no outside help at all?
Hugabear
Jul 2012
#9
You built that house with help from the American community in so many ways...think about it...
uponit7771
Jul 2012
#22
Disparage hard work????? Who's even remotely close to such a line other than Reich Wingers??
patrice
Jul 2012
#31
I agree. I think the big thing here is the baseline. What is "all by myself"...
hughee99
Jul 2012
#83
Only a small fraction of government spending goes to things that help business
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#18
With state and local government, by any metric, most government activity is not useful to business
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#24
you say police,fire protection, roads, sewers, military, people getting their checks not useful...
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#27
You probably responded on a computer with at least some components made in China
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#37
So you've given up on your argument that government doesn't do anything useful for business?
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#38
who has made the argument that gov't must do everything it currently does for business to prosper?
CreekDog
Jul 2012
#41
Please tell me what fraction of government expenditures have gone to such useful endeavors?
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#43
The largest and second largest (HSA may have become #2) sources of corporate welfare. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#63
This whole issue is about a substantial as a smoke ring on a breezy day.
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#26
I ran across an FB group today who is saying that -AND- TTE, PO says they did nothing.
patrice
Jul 2012
#29
Demand Side Economics is actually the OPPOSITE of saying the business owner's work means nothing.
patrice
Jul 2012
#34
I'd like to see how businesses would do if we totally dismantled the government
steve2470
Jul 2012
#49
Because police can't be everywhere, there are more private guards than police officers.
FarCenter
Jul 2012
#50
A successful business cannot exist without enough paying customers to make a profit. eom
Frustratedlady
Jul 2012
#76