Who is best qualified
to represent the people
for the people?
2014-05-13
Business
I would not want anyone who is "good" at running commercial companies
representing me in congress. The qualifications for a good
government administrator/representative of the people and for the people
conflict with the qualifications for commercial business leadership.
Business leaders have priority to produce profits for the
owners/stockholders. As such they cut costs any way they can get
away with, they charge whatever the market will bear as a price, thus
pushing the utility towards the more wealthy while excluding the
poor. They seek to reduce any legislative impediment to making
profits, regardless of any arguments of "fairness". As part of
charging whatever the market will bear, they engage in covert price
fixing, buying and closing competitors, as well as merging with other
companies in the move toward a sufficiently large market share that they
can control the price.
Government
Government leaders have priority to produce or channel goods and
services fairly and equally to all human citizens of the realm, as well
as to potential citizens. They must be good at running
not-for-profit businesses focusing on delivering goods and services to
the needy. They should have experience in raising funds from the
able in order to help defray the cost of providing services and
channeling goods to the disabled and to those otherwise disenfranchised
by the overwhelming practices of the business leaders.
Elect "good" business leaders, and you create the revolving door of
individuals who work together to support business leaders at the expense
of the non-profit and government leaders and programs. We got
"corporations" having most of the rights of citizens by this
process. Republicans are the party of "Business first".
Democrats are the party of "The People first".
Small Businesses
If you do not own your own business, or you are a small "mom-and-pop"
business, you are at the mercy of the price-fixing-and-gouging
price-the-little-guy-out-of-the-picture business types who's main
purpose in life is to amass wealth at the expense of everybody else.
Representation
Are you for the people (ALL the people), or are you for just the wealthy and powerful?
Ralph E Kenyon Jr.
191 White Oaks Road
Williamstown, MA 01267