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no_hypocrisy

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4. If any entity were run like a "business",

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:50 AM

Jun 18

then the ultimate goal would be profits and budgets to make those profits.

A constitutional republic that employs democratic means is not a business. The purpose is to serve The People.

If a government is run like a business, The People are treated as consumers, to be exploited by the policies of the government. No equity. Favoritism. The "High Rollers" get perks the regulars don't get.

Programs that serve The People actually help them -- and prevent civil unrest as an aside.

The government can't be a series of transactions and a means for personal profit.

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Should the Government Be Run Like a Business? - Robert Reich [View all] Rhiannon12866 Jun 18 OP

In a word.. NO Deuxcents Jun 18 #1

That's what top economist Robert Reich thinks, but the "businessman" who went bankrupt six times doesn't agree... Rhiannon12866 Jun 18 #2

And that's why we're where we are today..a stable genius he is not Deuxcents Jun 18 #3

If any entity were run like a "business", no_hypocrisy Jun 18 #4

Which TFG and his followers/sycophants are trying to do Rhiannon12866 Jun 18 #5