FREE ENTERPRISE SHOULD RULE!
Humans are resourceful creatures. Given time & freedom, we can solve just about any problem. Today I heard a news report that Congress is looking at "coming down hard" on those who "profiteer from tragedy." (i.e. businesses who raise prices after hurricanes, etc.). What republican's in congress don't understand nor does our beloved President is that we need just the opposite. Again, given time and freedom, we can solve just about any problem. For example, imagine if the free market were allowed to truly work during difficult times like hurricane disasters. At first, you would have very high prices for basic goods (water, gas, milk, hygiene products, etc.). But that would only occur in the first few days, if not hours, after he disaster. Others in unaffected areas (which are many times only an hour away) would arrive in trucks full of ice, water, etc. Think of the money you could make and the people you could help if you were allowed to load up a U-Haul van full of supplies from Sam's Club or Costco. The free market would force down prices as more U-Hauls arrived. Later, whole companies would crop up whose sole business was disaster relief. I guarantee, if a company whose livelihood was on the line, had to rescue folks; you would see the most efficient, cost effective rescue efforts in history. But because our beloved Federal government has to get involved, it winds up costing Billions. What's happening to all that money going to New Orleans? And all the billions that will go to Texas after Rita hits? It'll go into local and state government coffers and will be used for political pet projects. Donald Trump asked last night on Larry King, "I can't understand why it costs 20 billion to fix a levy. Why does it even cost a billion?" Here's a man whose spend 30 years building things. I ask the same question. Really it's because government is doing it. I feel so strongly that the time for Libertarian leadership is needed in this country. Republicans aren't doing any better at managing the government than did democrats. It's truly ridiculous. I get most mad at the Republicans who are elected by people, like me, who want strong leadership and heavy restraint of government. Yet they (the Rep.'s) continue to use the government to foster their own social agenda, just like Liberals. When are they going to get a clue?
Let's have a constitutional convention and start over.
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3 comments:
The free market is every roofer in the country descending on Pensacola after the hurricane blew through. Let people make a profit by doing what they do best for people in need of that service. If selling gas is your gig, why should you not be allowed to benefit from a temporary demand increase? If there are buyers at your price, then your price is just.
It's been trendy since the Great Depression to think that the govt. has the solution to everything. I once thought winning Congress in 1994 was going to be the answer, but Newt Gingrich couldn't even get away with shutting down the government. People are addicted to it.
Ours is a generation of television and movies, two distinct media organs that paint businessmen as frequent villains. Even people who vote Republican have it in their heads not to trust free enterprise to solve larger problems. Look at the opposition to letting people choose their own schools.
I think Congressional Republicans are feeding off the touchy feely behavior they see from many of us. Not until we shun the pork coming to our own districts will Congress take our smaller government recipes seriously.
Also, people with our brains need to produce movies and TV that show the heroism of the free market and the reality of lazy government bureaucrats. People aren't putting together their unpleasant wait in the DMV line with Washington's success at solving problems.
If we can make these messages entertaining and digestible between commercials, we can begin to win over more minds and maybe make a change.
I was thinking what Steve just said. With the Rita scare, people were lined up at the pumps again and gas stations were running out of fuel. They should have been free to charge whatever they wanted, at the risk of driving away offended customers. The market takes care of itself when you let it.
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