“We should be more afraid of the government than selfish businessmen.”

The world is a scary place, we are constantly told who we should or should not trust. We are flooded with constant media images of “Big Selfish Businessmen” we are told that they are scary and just out to get your money. Although ‘selfish’, businessmen will always be run by the consumer. The real monster here is the government. A Government run economy is destructive. We then forget about the Consumers. Consumers will lose their choice in deciding what is fair and what they want. When we reach that level, we enter a nightmare.
The power of the consumer is enormous. Although selfish, businesses and businessmen will always be run by the consumer. The consumer has the power to choose who not to buy from them due to many reasons. That will weaken the businessmen and force them to be ‘nice’. Consumers control what businesses think. For example, their ethics, a few months ago Gap Inc. was involved with a child labor controversy, they were quick to assure people that they were not aware of these third party actions and destroyed all the products made by the poor children. Whether Gap Inc. did or did not know, we can not be to sure but the fact of the matter is that they knew their consumers would not be pleased with this information so they made sure they took care of the problem to ease the consumers mind so they could continue to buy. Businesses seek to satisfy their consumers because they want to make money. It is the two Basic Assumptions of human behavior. It is that simple. They will make what will sell and price it at the highest price it will sell at.
We must acknowledge that, yes businesses do ask for tariffs to be place on their competition, but who should we be more afraid of, the gun or the man who shoots the gun? Big Business propose tariffs, they are not the ones who instate them, that would once again be those scary politicians. Our elected politicians should be strong-willed enough to make fair economic decisions for all.
“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The government is much scarier. To think of a government run economy is to think of the apocalypse. A command economy could easily turn into a totalitarian type ran government. There is already many secret government alliances, such as the one that was signed by President George W. Bush in 2005 that unites America, Canada and Mexico. There would be rules and regulations on everything we do and buy. Consumers lose choice in deciding what is fair. A policed government will prevent ‘unfair competition, dumping, and excessively high price’ to their interest. Democracy will be lost.
It is not the selfish businessmen that take your money without your consent, when it took you four months of your hard in wages, then turn around during tax season and claim you still haven’t paid enough. It is not these business men who create so-called affordable housing, miss-mange them and destroy them, all again, with your hard earned money. It is not the selfish business men who make an economic stimulus plan seem like they are doing you a favor when it is really you, the tax payer who is paying yourself really just to be charged two times that amount next year. The government is the real monsters in this story.