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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: portage who wrote (2322)	4/8/2001 3:02:25 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The way the world works So you've found a system that works better? Which is it? China? Iran? Iraq? Sweden? Uganda? What other system provides as much freedom and as high a standard of living for its people? And before you pick one of the European socialist paradises, take a look at (a) their tax rates, (b) their unemployment rate, and (c) how fast they're backing out of socialism. And how DO you propose to finance campaigns? By picking my pocket at gunpoint again (AKA taxes)? I've yet to hear a campaign finance reform advocate answer that. They've been very good at dodging it, though. Of course small businessmen fight regulations, and I'm saying there may need to be a more moderate approach to applying them on the small companies than on the large companies - not elimination of critical regulations, but easing on the less critical ones that won't have huge negative implications if not applied. Why, pray tell, are they entitled to preferential treatment. Why are 200,000 small businessmen breaking the rules preferable to one corporation with 200,000 employees? Gimme a break! Are you a small businessman? The large companies cannot only afford compliance more easily in most cases, but their non-compliance tends to negatively affect a lot more people They can afford it buy increasing prices and passing the cost on to you and I. Somehow I think that may be precisely what you have in mind. Do you think money magically appears in the corporate treasury? and they have the resources to bully those who oppose their abuses. Small businesses are notoriously successful at doing just that at the local and state levels. And, through trade organizations, they don't do badly nationally, either.