Capitalism by competition is Americanism at work for a better life. Let us roll up
our sleeves and get to work for our families, communities, and nation. Let us work
hard for our American dream. We are a federal republic that promotes hard work
and opportunity through competition between ourselves and other nations. We the
people can and will move for better lives.
Capital, talent, and enterprise are not fixed in location. Businesses, investors, and
skilled workers can move. When profit or opportunity disappears in one area, they
go where conditions are better, often leaving behind communities weakened by
poor leadership. Business responds to incentives and disincentives, flowing toward
places with less resistance. At first the shift may be gradual, but eventually
businesses and people leave in large numbers. States and cities that embrace
policies hostile to enterprise risk decline as capital and talent move elsewhere,
leaving those who remain to bear the cost.
The United States encountered a form of collectivism early in its history at
Plymouth, in present-day Massachusetts. After arriving in the New World in 1620,
the Pilgrims initially operated under a system in which property and resources
were shared under the colony’s charter. This arrangement was intended to promote
equality and the common welfare, reflecting principles often associated with
socialism. However, it created serious problems, including low productivity and
dissatisfaction among settlers, because individuals had little incentive to work hard
when the fruits of their labor were divided equally among the other individuals of
the colony. The community sought to work together for the common good through
majority rule, breaking from divine-right authority while relying on faith and
providence.
By signing the Compact, they agreed to rules for communal survival, balancing
faith, leadership, and fairness in collective decision-making. The Pilgrim leaders
faced social and governing challenges even before landing, as the group nearly
split over the validity of their charter. Their hardship deepened during the first
winter, when they remained aboard ship under the communal system and half of
the 102 passengers died. Those who survived later shifted toward private property,
which brought greater productivity and stability.
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Socialism can never tax their way to prosperity; people will lose incentive and
income due to excessive taxation for the products and services they need. They
will be open to job relocation and migrate for better opportunities. Businesses from
slim profit margins will cause economic collapse or realignment.
Socialism will cause a continual shortfall in the budget, and the only answer will
be to tax those that cannot migrate to another place. Socialism is insane, obstinacy,
obviously those that promote socialism are rulers of others that their lifestyles will
be maintained at the expense of others that work.
When governance from budget projections built on penalizing any area of the
economy or individuals can cause an exodus of business and families from that
area. Local governments will watch business and the wealthy leave for various
locations. This is a warped view of Americanism to drive successful business and
individuals to leave for a better environment.
People and business grow together for the American dream of what can be. History
has proved our way of life for 250 years. We cannot regulate to abundance. There
is no free lunch, only work for our dreams. We Americans have a duty and the
privilege to vote for those that lead, may we vote wisely. There is nothing for
nothing.
“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent
virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” — Winston Churchill
Bruce Miller
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