Forum Post: What is your view for the role of government post OWS?
Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 29, 2011, 9:18 p.m. EST by npowell85
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from Montana City, Mt
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I believe the government's purpose is to ensure equality of opportunity (proper import taxes and educational reform would help), to enforce contracts, to defend our boarders from DIRECT attack/invasion, and to protect the inalienable rights of the citizenry. I do not believe the government should have a direct role in influencing morality in any way, that is for the people. Albeit, the morality of certain decisions made by our representatives should be discussed and debated at length when government is making policy, so that rather than government influencing morality, our morality influences and shapes our government.
My chief complaint, and my reason for spending countless hours in this forum, is I believe that money has far more influence on policy than the common good. And I would like to help end the practice of lobbying (in its current form) and political campaign contributions by corporate entities, and see the institution of a flat tax. Something similar to what has been proposed by rep presidential candidate Herman Cain (I don't now anything about him other than his 9/9/9 plan, and am not endorsing his campaign.)
So I am here as a concerned American debating with others to try and find a solution to a problem that clearly is effecting many people.
Please post your view and any thoughts on mine.
Cain ran for Senate in 2004. He was the CEO of Godfather's Pizza. He is sound in his economic theory. My guess is that he will be the vice-Presidential running mate and then he would be instrumental in the implementation of his 9-9-9 program. That's if the Republicans win the race in 2012.
I don't like the 9 9 9 program. It would mean that corporations and millionaires would pay even less taxes than they do now and poorer people would pay higher taxes overall.
I hear ya. But, keep in mind, most of the Republican candidates are proposing that corporations pay NO tax at all. That's right. NONE. At least Cain is compromising on 9%. Ha!
the 9 9 9 thing sounds like a pretty reasonable idea i have no clue of details. I think the function of a functioning government is to create a stable and lasting set of lucid social services which balance the powers of a free market system such that a dynamic equilibrium of genuine democracy is maintained. Without those services things will always decay into oligarchy. I don't know what you mean exactly by "morality." other than that we seem to generally agree
that is for the masses to decide. Morality is an ever changing idea. To me, I tend to think of it in terms of Kant and his categorical imperative. Most will think with different methods, but ultimately with the same goal of a better life for all and a social structure that never infringes upon the rights of the individual, or places the needs of one group over the rights of another.