From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Sun Jan 23 2005 - 19:54:21 GMT
Hi all,
New thread, with an old theme. The comments below seem like a good
place to start examining how we might facilitate movement toward
higher quality societies. Should our socio-economic systems be
completely free of government regulation and other forms of
intervention?
msh before:
> We could,
> however, work to implement such a system. A good start would be
> for the government to refuse to bail out failed and/or corrupt
> businesses, such as energy companies, banks, airlines, weapons
> manufacturers, and to stop funding corporate research and
> development through grants and use of publicly owned research
> facilities such as university labs.
platt:
I agree with all that on condition that the government also remove
all regulation and taxation of the organizations you mention..
msh asks all:
Why should we believe that removing all government regulation of
business will result in the highest quality environment for all
members of a society?
No laws prohibiting pollution, or enforcing product safety? No
minimum wage, no overtime pay, no health insurance, no workplace
safety standards, no restrictions on the use of child labor? Do we
really want to revert to 19th century standards of "free-enterprise"?
Do we want the commercial media to be full of advertisements for
tobacco and firearms? Crack? Hand grenades, land mines, WMD?
So, the question is, do we really want NO regulation of business
activity? What reason do we have to believe that 21st century people
whose main interest in life is to accumulate personal wealth will
behave any differently than their 19th century counter-parts?
If we can agree that some regulation of business activity is
necessary to move toward higher quality in our societies, then we
should be asking what sorts of regulation, and why?
Thanks to all for any thoughtful comments.
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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