Thursday, August 25, 2011

Big doesn't have to be bad.

I'm for big government. Big progressive government. Big liberal government. Government should be big enough to counter big business. I'd much rather have big government than big business. Because government is supposed to serve the people. Especially the common people. The poor. The middle class. Business, meanwhile, is out to make the owners rich. To make big profits. To create wealth. Even if that means widening the gap between the rich and the poor. Government, meanwhile, is supposed to serve the common good. And to see to it that the wealth is fairly distributed. Which means narrowing the gap between the rich and poor. Government isn't supposed to make a profit. That's what I like most about government. Big doesn't have to be bad. --Jim Broede

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