This is one of the frustrating things about people who I believe legitimately care about reigning in crony capitalism on what is called the “Left” in this country. They seem always to want more of the thing which enables crony capitalism – government.
Crony capitalism can not happen without government. Government is the lever which cronies use to expand their power and wealth.
My friends on the “Left” fret about “corporations taking things over” if government is reduced. As if government is some kind of counterweight to corporate power. It is not. For the most part government is a tool of special interest power (and about equally the reverse.) It’s a partnership.
The key is to decentralize. Diffuse the power in Washington (and other capitals) and move it as much as humanly possible back to real live humans.
We don’t really need much government at all.
Below are the things which I think most people want and which I believe they are willing to pay for with taxes. (This is not necessarily my list. Much of this can be done by the private sector on a voluntary basis but I am conceding some things here because we are talking politics not theory.)
1. Roads.
2. Basic help for the truly indigent.
3. Defense.*
4. A system of courts.
5. Police.
6. I’ll even throw in schools – but not like the system we have now.
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