2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I had a conversation with my GOP cousin on facebook after Paul Ryan's Speech [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(116,159 posts)If her place of business caught fire, who would put it out? Can she afford to employ her own firefighters?
If someone broke into her business or her home, who would investigate the crime, catch the criminals, prosecute them, conduct a trial, and send them to prison? If the government did not supply police, prosecutors and courts, who would? And if they didn't exist, how would she protect her business from crime?
On a similar note, if some other business fails to pay her bill, or doesn't perform a contract, or commits an act of fraud that costs her money, how would she handle that if there was no court system?
Where did the streets and roads come from that make it possible for her customers to get to her business? If the government had not built those roads how would they get there? Can she afford to build her own roads?
Who educated her and her employees? Did she go to a private school? If she went to college, did that college get federal funds? Did she take out a federally-guaranteed student loan? If her business employs people with particular skills, where did those people learn those skills?
If her business involves the production or sale of goods, how are those goods distributed? Do they travel by truck on federal highways? Are they flown to and from airports owned and operated by municipal or other governments? If she ever travels for business, who inspects the airplanes to be sure they are safe? Who controls air traffic to be sure planes don't collide with each other?
If she had to hire private entities and pay them for all of these services, would she be able to maintain her business at all?
You could suggest that she move her business to a country that has no regulations to speak of, no taxes, and almost nothing by way of a functioning government - that being Somalia - and just see how well her business does there.