Difference between revisions of "Anything private enterprise can do, government should be able to do too."
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==Taking Earnings Of Labor== | ==Taking Earnings Of Labor== | ||
| − | That's the basic principle of profit-making in [[Capitalism]]. Employers take a portion of the earnings from products produced by employees. It is a form of taxation. Why shouldn't government do so also? You might argue that capitalists contribute capital and organization and so deserve a cut: well, government provides defense, infrastructure, etc. and so also deserves a cut. | + | That's the basic principle of profit-making in [[Capitalism]]. Employers take a portion of the earnings from products produced by employees. It is a form of taxation. Why shouldn't government do so also? You might argue that capitalists contribute capital and organization and so deserve a cut: well, government provides defense, infrastructure, etc. and so also deserves a cut. See also: [[Redistribution (propaganda sense)]]. |
== Standard Form Contracts == | == Standard Form Contracts == | ||
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== Establishing Subsidiary Rights Within A Property == | == Establishing Subsidiary Rights Within A Property == | ||
Malls rent rent space within their property. Stockholders own rights to profits and voting rights. Titles to land are subsidiary rights within the government's [[Government holds allodial title.|allodial property]]. (Ultimately, government owns the property just as the mall owner owns the rental space.) | Malls rent rent space within their property. Stockholders own rights to profits and voting rights. Titles to land are subsidiary rights within the government's [[Government holds allodial title.|allodial property]]. (Ultimately, government owns the property just as the mall owner owns the rental space.) | ||
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| + | == Requiring Non-Discrimination By Employees And Licensees == | ||
| + | Any employer can require employees or licensees to practice non-discrimination. Businesses are licensed by government and corporations are chartered by government, so government can require non-discrimination too. See: [[Public Accommodation]]. | ||
== Rearing And Educating Children == | == Rearing And Educating Children == | ||
Just as there are private schools and orphanages, so government can have schools and orphanages. | Just as there are private schools and orphanages, so government can have schools and orphanages. | ||
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| + | == Building Roads == | ||
| + | Private developments can build their own roads on their property with fees assessed on residents: why shouldn't government be able to build roads in its territory with fees assessed on residents? See: [[Roads]]. | ||
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