Modern Role of Government
The conversation between America’s conservative and liberal sides seems more like two trains passing each other in opposite directions. The words can be heated and passionate, but not heard or acknowledged by either side. The meeting of minds is lost in translation.
I often wonder why young people can boast that they are conservative. They do not seem old enough to have been personally burned or disillusioned by government work. They accept fully the notion that laissez faire is the solution to a growing economy. History books do not seem at all necessary. And frankly if one starts out conservative, to what philosophy does one mature into?
The liberal side has its peculiarities too. If economic or social problems are identified, the answer is new government policies or programs to fix. Understanding root cause does not seem to matter. Nothing is ever dismantled or eliminated in liberal thinking.
There are plenty of examples of unwanted consequences of laissez faire… The great depression following 1929, and the near depression following the financial sector implosion of 2008 are two vidid cases where loose regulation lead to problems and doing too little to fix them lead to severe economic collapse, not economic growth.
By the same token, over regulation and too many government policies and programs can also straight jacket an economy. The answer, obviously, is finding a balance.
Modern government must be seen as a vehicle where conservatives and liberals can formulate balanced programs. Profit incentive still motivates and greed still hides behind every corner.
A balanced, fact based approach that contemplates all the players is key. Lets urge our politicians to see it that way (even though corporate citizens may give the politicians more money).
This entry was posted on May 30, 2011 at 9:51 am and is filed under Barack Obama, Democratic Party, Politics, Republican Party. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.
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