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Politics : The Citizens Manifesto -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (214)	6/20/2005 12:02:18 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 492

re: should not appear arbitrary and capricious and be open to smart lobbiests putting in obscure wording that applies only to them If you could pass the flat BTB price measure (doubtful) then you could get a clean bill. It's not complicated, self enforcing and I would call it anything but "arbitrary and capricious". re: A stable middle class does not come by accident or chance. There was no significant middle class in America before the reforms of Teddy Roosevelt and his cousin Franklin. It isn't just going to appear because it's some kind of natural law. It will appear only if it is a goal of society. I don't think it's a good idea to punish large businesses. But I do think it's a good idea to give small businesses a level playing field against the entrenched big boys. There is nothing (IMHO) wrong with a Sam Walton coming along and building a WalMart... but his domination shouldn't prevent the next Sam Walton from competing with a better solution. That's how we make progress. I don't think we're trying to repeal capitalism. John

To: TigerPaw who wrote (214)	6/20/2005 2:47:53 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 492

Sometimes laissez-faire leads to smaller companies. Large companies can cope with complex regulations better than small companies. This fact sometimes causes large companies to accept or even push for more regulation of their industry because it helps keep out new competitors. Tim