Mercnbeth
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I've always considered myself to be geared towards smaller government, less intervention, and fewer intrusions onto the individual expression of existence. I've championed the Free Market, and lassaize-faire government for almost three decades, but the past several years have jaded me.
Dame Calla,
How would a closed Market and stringent government regulations enforced by a dictatorial bureaucrats, or even a fascist approach, as is being attempted now where the government takes an ownership position of a company or industry; have change these results? Should life-long employment at a specific salary level be guaranteed by the educational system or military? What happens if, as has occurred in the computer industry, when you began college it was in demand, now graduating - that industry is near the top of the jobless market?
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only to be brushed aside by the private sector because he wasn't trained in the 'latest technology' when he was released during the draw-down of forces, and 20 years self-employed as a midwife, paramedic, web developer, and medical writer, it only took me six years as a corporate drone to figure out that a broad swath of human beings are greedy, selfish, bitter, lazy, and foolish, and that the further up you follow the dollar, the deeper the corruption eats its way into the corporate psyche.
My years as a "corporate drone" educated me to not work for one I didn't have an ownership position. I learned that the only way to be paid what you are worth is to work for yourself. That's a serious commitment which could result in terrible consequences. Most don't have the guts to find out what they are really worth by going out on their own. From personal experience, I don't blame them; there are many scary nights when 'making payroll' required selling off assets or mortgaging personal property. I appreciate that many prefer to spend their sleepless nights bitching about how underpaid and unappreciated they are; having no thought, and no desire, to put personal accountability at the top of the list of causes for their issues and doing something about it. Other than looking for the government to nanny them and get them through these times, that is.
No doubt, many are more knowledgeable, more educated, more able, work harder, than any number of people who represent whatever definition of success you what to use; yet why aren't they "successful"? Opportunity is but one contributing aspect. Luck may play a small part, but most of the "lucky" people I've know had the initiative, drive, and self determination to take advantage of those "lucky" times that came their way.
It seems to me that people have so little confidence in themselves and their abilities that the only way they think they can survive is with anyone other than them determining their future. Everyone who points to increasing the minimum wage as a good idea please tell me - how would it help? Raising the minimum wage in CA only served to increase unemployment and curtail State income tax revenue.
The "pursuit" of happiness is a Constitutional guarantee. Housing, food, health care, and even education aren't Constitutionally mandated. A "living wage" isn't guaranteed nor defined.
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