Revolution 21 -- Part III
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 05:32PM The American people need to understand that small businesses are the lifeblood of American prosperity -- the job creators. And if people understand this, then they will demand that government leave small businesses alone. Months back I wrote that the main problem with the economy now is that no one knows what changes are coming next -- government needs to get out of the way, lower business taxes and give investors and producers the confidence they need to go to work and restart the engine of the economy.
The future of a powerful State is large corporations in bed with government, sluggish, old-hat, arrogant and wasteful -- the future of Revolution 21 is small businesses, innovation, nimble and creative -- dynamic.
The State and the old-hat corporations don't want dynamism -- they want the status quo where they hold the power and call the shots. They don't want competition -- they want protection. We need a transformation of mind and spirit. The future American must embrace on-going learning and dynamism. It keeps people on their toes with new challenges, sharpening their minds and enabling them to become a vibrant part of an integrated global economy. This type of growth and prosperity is the best solution to poverty, because in such an economy everyone can find a niche.
We don't want to become some old, lazy country in which you have an ogliarchy supporting the peons -- we need an economy in which the smallest can knock the biggest off the perch and everyone has a chance to rise as high as they care to go. We want innovation and creative change -- always looking for better ways to improve our lives and to increase our enjoyment -- not become a nation of apathetic worker bees for giant corporations.
We should be demanding that all corporate welfare end as the first order of business.




