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NashvilleLefty

(811 posts) Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:40 PM Jul 2012

Should Government be run like a Business? Or like a family?

I've heard GOP folks compare running the Government like running a family.
I've also heard them talk about running the Government like a business.
How about running the Government like a Government?

Sure, there are lessons to be learned from MANY sources -

BUT Government is not a family, nor is it a business. The GOALS of Government and the RESOURCES available are much, much different.

Anyone that thinks that Government should be run as a Business is an idiot, and has no idea what it means to Govern.

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Should Government be run like a Business? Or like a family? (Original Post) NashvilleLefty Jul 2012 OP

Running government like a business means nothing more than privatizing government jobs for profit. RC Jul 2012 #1

Neither. Run a government like a government. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2012 #2

EXACTLY! n/t NashvilleLefty Jul 2012 #4

"Should Government be run like a Business?" OH HELL NO. n/t BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #3

It should be run like a government treestar Jul 2012 #5

RC

(25,592 posts)

1. Running government like a business means nothing more than privatizing government jobs for profit.

Reply to NashvilleLefty (Original post)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:46 PM

Jul 2012

Nothing more. Doing so costs the tax payer more than the government doing the same job it has been doing. And the actual people doing the job get screwed. Less pay and less or no benefits. They are hired as contractors by the private company.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)

2. Neither. Run a government like a government.

Reply to NashvilleLefty (Original post)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:46 PM

Jul 2012

It's neither a business nor a family, and anybody who thinks it is, is a nincompoop who shouldn't be elected to so much as a city park board.

NashvilleLefty

(811 posts)

4. EXACTLY! n/t

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:52 PM

Jul 2012

BumRushDaShow

(129,096 posts)

3. "Should Government be run like a Business?" OH HELL NO. n/t

Reply to NashvilleLefty (Original post)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 10:47 PM

Jul 2012

treestar

(82,383 posts)

5. It should be run like a government

Reply to NashvilleLefty (Original post)

Fri Jul 13, 2012, 11:06 PM

Jul 2012

Some interesting points from McCain's book on Rmoney:

Romney’s “Flip-Flops And Business Success” Are Connected Because “Abandoning Deeply Held Attitudes And Reversing Positions Are Job Requirements” For CEOs.
“So, how are Romney’s flip-flops andbusiness success connected? People suspect, perhaps correctly, that Romney really doesn’t believe all the thingshe’s saying. … Such hypocrisy, which turns off voters, is something like a job requirement for CEOs. In the executive suite, abandoning deeply held attitudes and reversing positions are job requirements. How often have you seen a CEO proclaim that a struggling unit is not for sale, only to put it on the block a few months later? A CEO will praise a product to the skies one day and then cancel it the next. He’ll boast, sincerely, that his companyis No. 1 in the industry and then, when he quits the next day to run a rival, claim that the new firm is tops.”
(DanielGross, “The CEO Candidate,” Slate.com, 2/26/07)

“Good CEOs … Devise New Business Strategies And Business Plans To Cope With Changing Market Conditions.”
“These business flips are fine, because in the corporate world, people don’t confuse advocacy of acompany’s strategy or products and services with personal honor or integrity. … Good CEOs don’t simply stakeout public positions and stick to them for 20 years. They devise new business strategies and business plans tocope with changing market conditions.”
(Daniel Gross, “The CEO Candidate,” Slate.com, 2/26/07)

Romney “Doesn’t Run In Elections, He Competes In Markets.”
“It is clear that Romney approaches politics not as a crusade but as a business case study. He doesn’t run in elections, he competes in markets. In 1994, the former management consultant knew his market. … Today, Romney correctly recognizes that what is appropriatefor one market (Massachusetts voters) clearly is not appropriate for another market (Republican-primary voters).”
(Daniel Gross, “The CEO Candidate,” Slate.com, 2/26/07)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/the-book-on-mitt-romney-here-is-john-mccains-ent

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