Re: The greed continues....

[vamsi@siliconcorp.com]

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Dharma Tejus wrote:

> Vamsi replied:
>
> >     I suppose the market wouldn't be fair if it
> > wasn't for our good
> > Government?  How about the concept of "free market"?
> >  Isn't this better than
> > what the greedy Government has been "ensuring" for
> > everyone for the past 50
> > years?
>
>  I was talking about the role of govts in general,
> to contrast their nature from that of corps (which
> you equated). I didn't say anything about the
> misdeeds/failures of a particular govt.
>

    Likewise, my point is that the role that you have given for the Government
will make it corrupt and abusive.  Your model of Governance has been tried for
the past 50 years!  The Government of India had as much power as the British
Raj to serve its own interests.  Its power was never checked or diluted in the
past nor does your model do any better!  Hence, all the misdeeds that we see
now is a result of our perception that the Government is somehow different
than any other entity that provides services.  No, it is not!!  That
distinction is only in our mind.  A service provider is a service provider is
a service provider....

    I repeat what I have said many times before, the Government of India is no
different than any other service provider in the Indian Economy.  Sure, the
types of services are different but nonetheless it is a service provider - an
institution at that!  Hence, its power should be diluted much like a
corporation's power is contained by a capitalist/free-market arrangement.

Sincerely,
Vamsi M.


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