Oh, I understand why cowardly sheep such as yourself, have historically embraced Socialist systems! It's much easier to sacrifice your freedom and be led around by your nose ring, than to take responsibility for yourself and your family. It's easier for you to become a slave to your master, the US Government, than to be diligent in demanding politicians represent the people who elected them. Why should you have to put forth any hard work or effort, when you can sit on your ass and let the government do it for you?
Do you prefer to be led around by businesses like Enron who stole people's money? Or businesses like GM who sell you a car, guarantee to supply replacement parts for a certain number of years, then declare bankruptcy? Or doctors/hospitals who wait until you're sick and then charge whatever price they want to supply their services?
Are you suggesting a person with acute appendicitis or a broken leg should drive from hospital to hospital to get estimates? Is that your idea of taking responsibility?
Then there's the people who lost company pensions not to mention those who got ripped off by small businesses. That's another scam. This idea of LLC or companies that separate the business from the owners personal holdings.
Some dude opens a business, sells inferior products, uses the profits to pay his mortgage, then declares bankruptcy. The ripped off customer has no recourse while the dude is living in his house paid for by ripping the customer off.
They need the same laws as with drug dealers. Anything bought with drug sales is confiscated. The dude's house should be confiscated and sold to reimburse the customers.
Just for the record I'm part owner of a small business.
Why do you support a system that tolerates, if not encourages, ripping off people?
Check out this video. It's free so you can keep your money.
http://video.pbs.org/video/1302794657/ I know you have a short attention span so start at 16:00 for two minutes.
Greenspan didn't want rules against fraud in the financial markets. He felt the marketplace would settle it. Well, we saw how the marketplace settled it, didn't we. Almost resulted in a complete financial meltdown. That was the idiotic belief of the Fed Chairman.
Change. It's all about change. We've seen the "no government involvement, invisible hand of the market" rip off individual citizens, the country and other countries.
Yes, I do trust the government a hell of a lot more than the typical businessman.