A government is no different to a company or corporation. A government has employees, like a company. And a government provides products and services, like a company. And a government has customers, the citizens, like a company.
To all intents and purposes, they’re the same things. Put simply, a government is a publicly owned company with a diverse operating portfolio, though governments don’t have to make a profit, which makes their job a bit easier.
So, how come the wealthy insist that big government is inefficient and wasteful? Yet they don’t say the same about big businesses. On the contrary, they praise big businesses for being more efficient and less wasteful, meaning they push down prices for their customers.
Just look around the main streets and shopping malls that you frequent and note how big chain brands have pushed many of the small and independent businesses into extinction.
If big businesses were inefficient and wasteful, small mom and pop owned businesses would be crushing Amazon out of business. But, obviously, the opposite is true.
Through no fault of their own, small businesses can’t compete with big businesses for efficiency and cost-effectiveness. And it’s just as untrue that small government is more efficient and cost-effective, so driving down costs for their customers, the citizens.
The wealthy lie about big government because they don’t need most of the services that governments offer and they don’t want to have to pay to provide those services to others. The wealthy don’t need help to cover their healthcare, to put food on the table or to put a roof over their head. They don’t want governments to regulate businesses and hurt their profits by protecting consumers. And they absolutely don’t want to pay for tax agencies that investigate their tax evasion and punish those wealthy citizens who are too smart to pay taxes.
Big government works for the big majority of the people, while small government works for a small minority of the people. The wealthiest 10% of Americans have already hoarded 68% of all US wealth and even smaller government will make it easier to hoard even more.
And the USA isn’t unusual, though it is an extreme case. While the poorest 50% of Americans share just 2.5% of US wealth, the poorest 50% of Russians, Europeans and Britons share just 3%, 4% and almost 6% respectively.
Do you want big government that works for you or small government that works for the wealthy?
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