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Rhiannon12866

(237,078 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:51 AM Wednesday

Should the Government Be Run Like a Business? - Robert Reich

“Running the government like a business” is just another way of saying that we should privatize government services afforded to everyone.

You know who would love that? Wall Street and big corporations.

Don’t buy into the myth. - 06/17/2025.

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Should the Government Be Run Like a Business? - Robert Reich (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Wednesday OP

In a word.. NO Deuxcents Wednesday #1

That's what top economist Robert Reich thinks, but the "businessman" who went bankrupt six times doesn't agree... Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #2

And that's why we're where we are today..a stable genius he is not Deuxcents Wednesday #3

If any entity were run like a "business", no_hypocrisy Wednesday #4

Which TFG and his followers/sycophants are trying to do Rhiannon12866 Wednesday #5

Deuxcents

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1. In a word.. NO

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:53 AM

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Rhiannon12866

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2. That's what top economist Robert Reich thinks, but the "businessman" who went bankrupt six times doesn't agree...

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 12:57 AM

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Deuxcents

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3. And that's why we're where we are today..a stable genius he is not

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 01:19 AM

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no_hypocrisy

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4. If any entity were run like a "business",

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:50 AM

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then the ultimate goal would be profits and budgets to make those profits.

A constitutional republic that employs democratic means is not a business. The purpose is to serve The People.

If a government is run like a business, The People are treated as consumers, to be exploited by the policies of the government. No equity. Favoritism. The "High Rollers" get perks the regulars don't get.

Programs that serve The People actually help them -- and prevent civil unrest as an aside.

The government can't be a series of transactions and a means for personal profit.

Rhiannon12866

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5. Which TFG and his followers/sycophants are trying to do

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 04:59 AM

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And we know that after six bankruptcies, he's not good at that, either...

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