Post by Hans Lemurson on Sept 6, 2003 0:20:36 GMT -5
The Republican party, at it's core has admirable principles. It seeks to return power to individuals and gives them more freedom.
The Democratic party, for the most part tends towards having the government more involved in peoples lives.
For the Republican philosophy, it allows businesses and people to go about buisiness like they want and allows free enterprise to grow and develop, and consequently wealth will flow from the hard labor and the profit motive.
However, the wealthier individuals and companies will inherently outcompete those less wealthy, and in the process become more wealthy. The goal of a business is to make profit. Wealth lends it's hand to power and thus wealthy buisinesses will accrue great power. But power, in the hands of those who's goal is to increase their power further, will not lead to the friendly world of competition and cooperation that was intended. Companies, in the absense of government interference (the Republican ideal) would drive out competetion and become monopolies, could then raise prices well above the actual worth of the product, and lower wages to increase profit margins, which would then fuel the beginning of the cycle all over again(hopefullynot the Republican ideal). But the worst part is, since companies want this to happen, they will generously fund politicians who would reduce government interference, and award lucrative government contracts. Thus the companies grow in power, and extend their reach into the government itself which should be controlling them, and the master becomes the puppet. The end result of this is a government no longer of, by or even for the people.
Thus if buisinesses are given more freedom(as opposed to less), they will undermine the basis of Democracy. Oh, and the news media would take away the critical element of an informed public by filling the airwaves with drivel and a strong pro-business stance.
That is my criticism of the Republican party, in trying to protect buisinesses, they've done a little too well, and are controlled on the national level by corporations.
Jeff, your turn.
The Democratic party, for the most part tends towards having the government more involved in peoples lives.
For the Republican philosophy, it allows businesses and people to go about buisiness like they want and allows free enterprise to grow and develop, and consequently wealth will flow from the hard labor and the profit motive.
However, the wealthier individuals and companies will inherently outcompete those less wealthy, and in the process become more wealthy. The goal of a business is to make profit. Wealth lends it's hand to power and thus wealthy buisinesses will accrue great power. But power, in the hands of those who's goal is to increase their power further, will not lead to the friendly world of competition and cooperation that was intended. Companies, in the absense of government interference (the Republican ideal) would drive out competetion and become monopolies, could then raise prices well above the actual worth of the product, and lower wages to increase profit margins, which would then fuel the beginning of the cycle all over again(hopefullynot the Republican ideal). But the worst part is, since companies want this to happen, they will generously fund politicians who would reduce government interference, and award lucrative government contracts. Thus the companies grow in power, and extend their reach into the government itself which should be controlling them, and the master becomes the puppet. The end result of this is a government no longer of, by or even for the people.
Thus if buisinesses are given more freedom(as opposed to less), they will undermine the basis of Democracy. Oh, and the news media would take away the critical element of an informed public by filling the airwaves with drivel and a strong pro-business stance.
That is my criticism of the Republican party, in trying to protect buisinesses, they've done a little too well, and are controlled on the national level by corporations.
Jeff, your turn.