Why do conservatives feel that the Government should run like a business?

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That a Businessman would would be an asset in Government? The few Presidents with business backgrounds turned out to be disasters, and the only one who didn't, Truman, was a disaster at business

Business and Government are two separate entities, Government centers upon those concerns that Business won't, and the leadership qualites necessary in both are different, assuming understanding one automatically predicts success in the other is an error

Michael Jordan was a supreme athlete, but being a dominating athlete didn't mean he would succeed at baseball as he did basketball, two separate entities
 
In business if your company fails or runs out of money it generally shuts down. In gov't you often hear "well it failed because we didn't spend enough money on it so let's spend more good money after bad". Does one learn that in a gov't class somewhere?
 
cawacko said:
In business if your company fails or runs out of money it generally shuts down. In gov't you often hear "well it failed because we didn't spend enough money on it so let's spend more good money after bad". Does one learn that in a gov't class somewhere?
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Business sole purpose in existing is to make money, turn a profit, Government is to provide services to the public, the intent isn't to benefit itself as a business would

Your example of pouring money down a hole depends upon the specific instance and can't be generalized to describe all Gov't functions
 
archives said:
As I just noted above, because Business sole reason for existing is to turn a profit, Gov't role is to provide services to those they represent and not to benefit off of providing those services
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Government service is a relatively novel idea. A hundred years ago the government did little if any of that.

But businesses have to be run efficiently or they'll soon go out of business. We can use some of that mentality.
 
Darth Hussein Omar said:
Government service is a relatively novel idea. A hundred years ago the government did little if any of that.

But businesses have to be run efficiently or they'll soon go out of business. We can use some of that mentality.
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Government always provided services, reason we elected a Government is to insure our community has basic services, level of service has increased over the years but so has the size and complexities of the Nation

The Gov't isn't going to go out of business, but their also not going to turn a profit, not their goal. Could it run more efficiently, of course, but you don't need one experienced solely in business to accomplish that, in fact, I'd argue you don't want one, they are used to calling all the shots and doing it the way they see fit, Gov't doesn't operate that way rather thru compromise and cooperation since it is representative of different segments of society
 
archives said:
Business sole purpose in existing is to make money, turn a profit, Government is to provide services to the public, the intent isn't to benefit itself as a business would

Your example of pouring money down a hole depends upon the specific instance and can't be generalized to describe all Gov't functions
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If business doesn't provide services to the public, it can't make money which is turning a profit. and benefiting itself.....

Government is not to provide services to the public, its their to protect the public and thus, the country....sometimes from itself.
 
NOVA said:
If business doesn't provide services to the public, it can't make money which is turning a profit. and benefiting itself.....

Government is not to provide services to the public, its their to protect the public and thus, the country....sometimes from itself.
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Business doesn't provide service, it offers product, it''s only purpose of involvement is to make money

People formed a Gov't in order to secure services for the community, if it wasn't to provide services why does it exist? Protecting the public is just one of such services
 
archives said:
Business sole purpose in existing is to make money, turn a profit, Government is to provide services to the public, the intent isn't to benefit itself as a business would

Your example of pouring money down a hole depends upon the specific instance and can't be generalized to describe all Gov't functions
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Many gov't programs wouldn't survive in the private sector and shouldn't exist in the public sector. Many people who use the phrase your referencing are referring to that.
 
What is you actually support archives? Would you like to see the U.S. run more in a European fashion? more like Castro in Cuba?
 
Why do liberals always want to start with a false argument?

There are sound rationales in business that ought to be employed in government, this does not equate to "running government like a business".

if a program isn't working the government answer is typically throw more money and Human resources at it irrespective of any real analysis. A business would look at real analysis and then choose a course of action, which might include scrapping the program if benefit is not outweighed by cost. Where it can get tricky IMO, is with entitlement spending. A business does not have a welfare minded perspective built into a business matrix.
 
cawacko said:
In business if your company fails or runs out of money it generally shuts down. In gov't you often hear "well it failed because we didn't spend enough money on it so let's spend more good money after bad". Does one learn that in a gov't class somewhere?
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Not really. If you're the President-elect, you just fuck the people who did the work for you and then declare bankruptcy
 
archives said:
As I just noted above, because Business sole reason for existing is to turn a profit, Gov't role is to provide services to those they represent and not to benefit off of providing those services
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there are profitable businesses who's reason for existing is to provide services........the concepts are not mutually exclusive......though government would certainly make you think so......
 
archives said:
As I just noted above, because Business sole reason for existing is to turn a profit, Gov't role is to provide services to those they represent and not to benefit off of providing those services
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So you are saying gobblement is a parasite?

What do you want the gobblement to provide you that you are unwilling to provide yourself?

This is where you squawk about roads. Go.
 
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