Say No to Deregulation
Our government must indeed counteract corporate interests to insure fairness and strengthen community interests. Though many argue that true capitalism would eventually produce fair competition and common good, the common man doesn’t deserve to wait that long. The past has proven that industrious individuals and corporations are by far more interested in the greatest profit than the preservation and continuation of the common good. Therefore, if the government doesn’t step in to control the power of corporations, all but a privileged few will suffer. The idea of giving the power back to “the people” is summarized very well in the following quote by Franklin D Roosevelt, “The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.¹” The only way to truly gain power, for “the people”, is through political means. Since deregulation simply transfers power to corporate society, “the people” must acquire power politically through educated voting. The idea of gaining power through republican means is foreign to most of our society, yet it is st
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Franklin Roosevelt, Microsofts Anti-Trust, French American, , Supremacy Clause, United Constitution, Leventhal Publishers, power people, fair competition, power money, industrial revolutions, people people, provide fair, interstate commerce, government intervention, educated voting, price fixing,
Approximate Word count = 815
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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