I haven't heard the podcast so I cannot comment on that part, but do you honestly believe that truckers are doing that because they want to. For probably 90% of them, if ANYTHING they were qualified for paid as well they'd be doing that instead.
I agree, which is kind of my point. I don't think most of them want to be rescued by the glorious benevolent government.
Accepting everything you said I have one question. What system improves those peoples circumstances more than a free society without penalizing society as a whole?
All you really need is someone to keep basic laws in check: don’t steal, kill, etc. All the regulations and various intricacies are for is to provide loopholes for the big guys to out-lawyer the little guys and get away with whatever they want.
The Sherman act from about 100 years ago. The basis for anti-trust law in the US. Monopolies, cartels, etc are anti-competition and the reason why mergers of large companies are scrutinized. It will be interesting to see how tech companies like Google and Amazon continue as they try to get even more sway in the market place.
So no laws to stop or limit monopolies or company size? No government regulation and oversight of banks via the FDIC? No EPA to stop polluting? No predatory pricing and anti-competition limits? That sounds like an interesting world. Not saying I agree or disagree, just that it'd be a fairly substantial shift from where we're currently at.
I will give you rule #2 Government is a necessary evil it is necessary so have the best possible but never forget it is evil so have as little as possible. In general apply that. However here are some good examples. Power plant emission regulations are fine (refer to rule #2 on how strict) but not by telling operators HOW to achieve the goal. Regulating light bulbs is fucked up. Many auto regulations are into the design and implementation area. Etc. So licensing etc. to some degree is legal but currently the government is starting to pick winners and losers more and more. That is not oversight. Of course busting a monopoly could be called choosing a loser but I am actually OK with monopoly laws and think we need some applied to say Amazon now.
hindsight is 20/20 but Sears had a pretty good "lock" on secured credit with their charge card. They used to have frequent promos for card holders and gave out the cards to anyone with a pulse. The down side was their "limited" inventory but for the most part their customers didnt care. I worked with people that owed Sears thousands of dollars in consumer debt & they werent the least bit worried or concerned about the APR. Just kept making that monthly payment. Regular payments guaranteed the credit limit increase & encouraged folks to spend more. Lowes & Home Depot took the appliance market away from them and didnt even need to offer "credit" incentives to do so.
^^^ What? Every time I go into Lowes they try to get me to sign up for their CC by offering a $50 "bonus". Fools that make their minimum payment are making their own decisions, that's on them. It's the same way with every credit card. I don't fault companies from trying to take a fools' money...nobody is holding a gun to their head and there are many options to choose from. When there is a monopoly the company has total pricing power so that's where the trouble begins.
While I understand immigrants and even some illegals pay taxes. But I'm tired of us paying for people that don't deserve any of it! Build The Wall! Enforce the current laws, It will help
Some interesting facts about our "laws". https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynec...tions-do-federal-agencies-issue/#6c53627d1e64
US Population: 325 million x 1000 a month = 3,900,000,000,000 per year How will we pay for it: Current spending (welfare etc): $600,000,000,000 (600 billion) VAT: $800,000,000,000 (800 billion) And then his "estimates" New Revenue : $600,000,000,000 (600 billion) People taking better care of themselves (yeah right): $200,000,000,000 (200 billion) Total: 2.2 trillion. Net: -1.7 trillion dollars. Yeah, I'm gonna vote for this guy
And that's the problem...when they do fuck up monumentally and are in risk of failure because they handle "government" contracts we will get the sold the bill of goods that they need to be bailed out because it would be inconvenient for government.