Is there anything the government does well business wise? The United States government is in charge of protecting us and a case can be made that they do a good job of that. But other than going to war and maybe controlling the police, I find it difficult to think of anything the government does successfully.
For many years the post office was the one agency that was run well and did do a good job. In recent years though, stamp prices have had to be continually raised to pay for the inadequate management and lack of good business practices. The declining performance of the United States post office has allowed private competitors such as Fed Ex and UPS to step in and take away market share.
With such a dismal business track record, the government is now proposing to completely take over the student loan industry in our country. Obama is seeking to remove student loans from the private business sector and have the government be 100% in charge of them. This is typical of people in the government believing that it can do a better job than the free market.
Besides the obvious question of why we should let this happen is another question about whether we want suits in Washington deciding which of our kids get loans and which ones don't. Those students who don't get loans are probably not going to be able to attend college and it is none of the governments business of who goes and who doesn't. Our government is there to protect us and not to be our mother and father.
As American citizens, we need to be very careful to protect our freedoms and not let them be eroded from us. If we are to not stand up for our rights, there will come a day when we look back and wonder how we got to the point where the government controls everything. Student loans need to remain in the private sector where they have a better chance of being administered fairly and were the government does not have total control over them.
For many years the post office was the one agency that was run well and did do a good job. In recent years though, stamp prices have had to be continually raised to pay for the inadequate management and lack of good business practices. The declining performance of the United States post office has allowed private competitors such as Fed Ex and UPS to step in and take away market share.
With such a dismal business track record, the government is now proposing to completely take over the student loan industry in our country. Obama is seeking to remove student loans from the private business sector and have the government be 100% in charge of them. This is typical of people in the government believing that it can do a better job than the free market.
Besides the obvious question of why we should let this happen is another question about whether we want suits in Washington deciding which of our kids get loans and which ones don't. Those students who don't get loans are probably not going to be able to attend college and it is none of the governments business of who goes and who doesn't. Our government is there to protect us and not to be our mother and father.
As American citizens, we need to be very careful to protect our freedoms and not let them be eroded from us. If we are to not stand up for our rights, there will come a day when we look back and wonder how we got to the point where the government controls everything. Student loans need to remain in the private sector where they have a better chance of being administered fairly and were the government does not have total control over them.
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