re: #286 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

Repeat of a favorite hobbyhorse:

People want us to “run government like a business”, which, on the surface has some merit: government should be run on sound, sustainable economic principles.

But to a businessperson, things like education, health care, worker safety and environmental protection are all business expenses that are to be minimized or eliminated in order to increase the bottom line.

To a sound and responsible government, those are all things that constitute an investment into a prosperous, healthy and productive society.

They don’t really want to run government like a business. The very second we started having a budget surplus, under Bill Clinton, they absolutely would not have it! Revenue absolutely must be reduced! What kind of business considers it immoral to be in the black?