What your advocating here is that the nation should be run as business. There are many reasons as to why to this thought pattern is dangerous and against the entire foundation of the United States. In order to outline these dangers and pitfalls of the United States run as a business idea, I would need more space that is given for this particular posting. Therefore, I respectful request an alley fight.

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 03/31 at 11:48PM PT

Before addressing America as a business I will first address the idea of co-presidents:

Co-presidents would fail for the reasons in Federalist Paper 70. Here, Alexander Hamilton discussed that the Executive Branch needs unity. Hamilton explained that this unity could be destroyed if the Executive Power was “vest[ed] …in two or more magistrates of equal dignity and authority”. This system would lead to one president seeking to obliterate the other. America cannot afford to have co-presidents quarreling, as they are the face of the nation at home and abroad. This would tell America’s enemies that the American government is “divided”. I believe this division would be seen as a severe weakness that could to be exploited. Hamilton explained that having co-presidents would “ lessen the respectability, weaken the authority, and distract the plans and operations of those whom they divided”.

Next Post: THE U.S. AS A BUSINESS

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 09:52PM PT

AMERICA AS A BUSINESS I
Let us now proceed to the topic of America as a business and why this would certainly be considered a failure. Business is absence in the Constitution but commerce is not. Therefore, in addressing this topic of America as a business it would be necessary to look at how America has responded to questions of commerce. It is without question that Congress should regulate commerce, particularly that of interstate commerce, as is stated in the Constitution. The Framers of our country certainly saw to it that the government must have its hand in business, as when it did not (Article of Confederation) the country almost fell apart. However, the Constitution only allows government to regulate. No instruction by the Framers stated that the government should or could completely control or more importantly be in control of creating commerce or business.

Next: Part II

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 09:59PM PT

2
The Framers did allow the government to have some business like powers as they have the power to tax and spend. This power was given to the government in order to, among other things, “provide for the general Welfare”. Therefore, the government is able to have money in order to further benefit those who gave them money in the first place. But it also entrusted the government to have other functions beyond that of a business. The Framers wanted the government to be able to provide intangibles such as rights, freedoms, and liberties. The issue of commerce was important to the Framers but hardly as important as rights, liberties, and freedoms. Above all, the Framers wanted a government that could provide justice to its people. It’s first in the Constitution. Justice ensures fairness and equality. This country began with war over fairness and equality.

Next: Part 3

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 10:12PM PT

3
Political philosopher John Locke, whom the Framers relied heavily upon when they created this country, said that people form a government in order to be protected and that protection was one of the primary things government needed to provide for its people. I venture to say that one of those protections would be justice as is the canopy under which all other rights and freedom are protected from storms of greed and an unethically behaviors. Business cannot provide justice, as this is not business or commerce’s purest goal. Business and commerce’s purest goal is to make profit not provide justice. Lawyers are involved in business and are a business themselves but their purest goal is not to make money, but to see that justice is properly provided. This may involve getting someone money but the primary responsibility of a lawyer is to get their clients justice.

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 10:17PM PT

4
Business seeks to provide profit and the legal field seeks to provide justice. These two things are essential to our nation and can only be provided by one body. That body is a government, in which the Framers entrusted the power to gain revenue for itself and allow for citizens to the make profit for themselves as well as provide citizens with the protection of justice while operating in the business sphere. To run America and its government like a business is to eliminate justice and the rights it protects. To run this country simply as a legal system would eliminate many of the opportunities for America to be prosperous in a business field. America must be run on a government not a business.

Next: The Conclusion of America as a Business: Why Gates and Jobs are not fit for the Executive Branch

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 10:23PM PT

Conclusion
America is a place where regulated businesses can exist and most importantly justice can thrive. Furthermore, without justice the evils of business would never be brought to …well you get the point. Gates and Jobs have plenty of things, make plenty of things and sell many things in the business realm. Justice transcends computers, marketing, and even business. Gates is certainly not about justice (Microsoft monopoly-enough said). However, he has begun to show signs of a humanitarian in his efforts to bring computers to those in poverty but still what computers did he bring them-computers running on Windows. That is quasi-justice. Had the Framers wanted a business or legal system they would have set-up one. The Framers designed a government, which again provides the protection of justice in a business environment. Therefore, one could say America is open for business with liberty and justice for all.

XBN ( 40 posts / 6 fights ) from Las Vegas, Nevada (United States) on 04/03 at 10:25PM PT