How many times has it been said, “government didn’t fail, it was deregulation that caused all the problems”? Advocates of such a philosophy go on to conclude that government will work when more regulation is reimposed.
This is literally delusional. If deregulation is to blame, what or whom caused the deregulation? The government. Yes, the government, for no other entity can control the regulations imposed by the governing authority. This is an inescapable fact.
Of course, the big government types will argue, “if only the right person or group of people had been selected for power, these bad policies would not have been imposed”. Maybe, but history is littered with good political leaders and bad political leaders rising to power. This is uncontrolable.
The fact remains, government implements failing ideas that from time to time bubble to the top of the political spectrum. Failing ideas that don’t have the force of government can more easily be avoided by those who realize the ideas are duds.
When government empowers bad policies, government is failing!
