The U.S. Cannot Be Run Like a Business

Trump isn't running it like a business or he would have done a lot more, very quickly. This notion that he is running it "like a business" is another attack from the left to try to make what he is doing look sinister.

The writer talks about corporations "profit". While it is true governments do not have profit, they can run a surplus which means they spend less than they take in. What a novel concept.

The left is watching their ox (big government) getting gored, a little bit, and they are fighting every step of the way. You can see who the real enemies of freedom are, it is those living off government largesse. There are so many with a vested interest from defense contractors to universities to research facilities to foreign governments to government employees to the lauded welfare queens etc. etc. etc.

There is nothing wrong with looking at government as an entity that should be efficient and effective and should live within it's means. Is the writer seriously arguing that the political class that has us at 20 trillion in debt has earned the right to keep steering the ship? Should we just "stay the course"? To where, to what end?

How do you measure success in government. It is simple for me, Is it smaller than it was last year. That will work for right now until we can start living within our means. The writers seems to defend the status quo of politics as usual but doesn't want to consider where that will get us.

To an extent they are correct but bringing a business acumen to the current broken politicized system is a good change in direction.

Bunk? No. Like all good propaganda, it is built on a kernel of truth. However, the author trips all over his ideology before completing the first paragraph. The title is true if you interpret it to mean that you cannot govern people like you would run a business. Here in California we saw an excellent example when Arnold was the "governator". He tried and failed. He tried to manage the citizens. They needed to be led. (They still do) However, government can be run like a business, and yes, there is too much of it. Way too much of it. Just as major corporations become profitable by trimming unprofitable operations, government can become fiscally responsible by trimming the fat. Sadly, our government has become so bloated that it has to print money to sustain itself. That practice debases the currency in all our pockets and thus represents a hidden tax. No, this article isn't total bunk but you find yourself wading through the bunk within the first 20 words.