Gipper,
et al,
Just because you see a private contractor building a road, doesn't mean the government isn't building it. It is the tax dollar and government paying those contractors to build that infrastructure. No Private Industry has build freely built any major infrastructure in the US since the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was abolished.
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This is absolutely true. But private industry is not going to rebuild utilities, highways, waterways, coastline, the electrical grid; or build manufacturing plants --- rapid transit, universities and lower the cost of education, the next super collider, or projects the improve society; unless it adds to their wealth in some fashion.
It takes tax dollars to do that. And to get tax dollars, you need to have people back at work. You need underemployment to disappear. Government builds much of the things that make a country strong, and an economic power.
The reason private industry outsourced all the jobs they have so far is to take advantage of lower wages in depressed countries (maximizing their wealth). They will not come back to America until it is to their advantage.
The more jobs that are outsourced, the less revenue for build a new America. Private Industry is not in the business of helping America achieve new heights. They are in the business of making money at any cost. Even if they have to outsource every single manufacturing job in America.
In business, no American has the right to a job. An business are not patriotic.
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Yes, all these things that you speak of were built using parts and labor outside the US.
Healthcare in the US is one of the bigest controversies on the scene today. It is so complex, that there are people asking the huge questions about cost, affordability, and availability.
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There is some truth in this. But having said that, it is based on the assumption that the two major parties created the problems we face. I don't think that is the case.
The ethical problems of business are exemplified by the "to big to fail" bailouts; the Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac scandals, Enron, and Exxon; or the backdating options scandel by over 100 US companies includingBroadcom Corp.,UnitedHealth Group andComverse Technology.
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