I don't disagree, and I'm coming to think we need to have another constitutional convention.
That's a pretty scary concept though. On Nov 11, 2012 1:42 PM, "Gruss Gott" <grussg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > It's more like they can't find a job so someone has to pay for them. > > I'd rather have the out working. But that's me, evil white guy. > > > > I we should want everybody to be productive - that's been America's > secret for 200 years: we innovate and we employ (the assembly line, > the computer, et al). And anytime you have resources that aren't > productive you're not operating efficiently. Like Adam Smith said, > every good capitalist knows that a waste of resources impoverishes us > all. > > The government's role is, IMO, to create equal opportunity for all so > that we can get all resources productive. We can best do that with > infrastructure like roads, airports, rail, etc. But physically > getting workers ready is not enough they also need education, > healthcare, and retirement security. (There's also regulation like > FAA, FDA, FCC, etc) > > If the US wants to compete with Europe, Asia, and others (who have > federal infrastructure) we're going to have to invest in ALL of our > infrastructure and we have to decide if we want our country to compete > or each state. Our education, medicaid, etc is all state-run which > means it's really the state providing some of the infrastructure for > their workers to compete globally. > > IMO, we can't win that way. We need federal infrastructure so our > country can compete globally; if we don't do that the decline will > continue. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:358212 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
