I’m giving the gray matter a rest this week and figured I’d rant on another issue that ticks me off whenever I hear it suggested: it’s unfair competition when the government enters the business arena.
Talk about a no-brainer. I have several ways to answer this. I'll open with the most sarcastic.
• Wah-wah-wah! Quit your whining! Didn’t your mother ever tell you that life isn’t fair?
• I thought you said that business ran things so much better than government. So what are you afraid of?
• But finally—so what?
If we, the people, decide something is better done by us, then that’s really all there is to it. I mean, have you read the Constitution? Does it say that our purpose is to coddle businesses and corporations? Are they even mentioned anywhere, other than being subject to regulation?
Want to know what the Constitution is about, what our government is about? Then just read the preamble, because it’s stated clearly: we, the people, intend to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.
Private businesses and corporations are privileged to operate within those purposes. That whole “fairness” issue is a hot crock of monkey snot!
