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bioemerl  ·  3634 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Government is Not the Enemy

Government is a entity that runs by different rules by businesses, and is a tool to be applied where it works best.

Government is good at long term projects that help everyone, since government universally benefits from anyone working better and producing more. The government's interest is in tax income from citizens, building roads, education, and so on, directly lead to higher tax income with no negative effect on the population.

Government is bad at innovation. It's bad at being efficient. That's where companies should be used. Government shouldn't tell people where to move, although it should build the roads that allow us to get to new places and accomplish greater things in the long term that aren't profitable as a business, but are in their effects across all society.