Commentary: Communism’s enablers still at it

bill H.
Bemidji, MN     11/11/2009 10:39 AM

Government run health care? Why, the next thing they will be saying is the government should deliver the mail, or provide monthly checks, and health care, and nursing services, for the elderly. The next thing they will be saying is the government should provide for the common defense. The nerve of those people. Government can't do anything.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/11/2009 2:58 AM

Thanks Cathy dealing with these so called anti governemnt experts gets pretty frustrating. Clearly Brian is lost and once again he won't know a good pizza if it hit him in the head. So your against inspections of meat and products coming in to this country, where people have died or have become deadly sick. As it is the government has not been able to keep up with all the products that enter this country. The anti-government mentality is a farce and if you don't like it Brian move out of the country, and take Howard with you. I too worked private corrections, but people like Howard and Brian jump in talking about issues they have only second hand knowledge of. Get a grip please, and don't talk about issues you have no clue about. You and others operate with rumors and assumptions. Howard everyone pays taxes, and that will continue until we die, whether someone works for the private sector or the government so what is your point? The only way the government will tax your business out of business is if you are not reporting your income, or you have not filed taxes for several years. The examples you give are a very small percentage, and when the real story comes out the businesses were not protecting themselves or not fully paying their taxes. Have you ever seen a business closed by the government? I have, and found out they didn't pay taxes or they were doing things illegal. What do you think small business loans given by the government are about? The governemnt wants businesses to suceed, but they also want to protect the public from unhealthy and dangerous products, and the people and legislators have called for it. As for Howard maybe you should go to another post office. Brian I could name many other delivery services who compete with the post office, but I don't want to overwhelm you while you are making your pizzas. Hey those pizzas will not get delivered if your on this site all the time. Also Brian I worked for a company called Connies Pizza at one time, which has twenty five delivery trucks equiped with ovens. They received government loans, and opened up five more places in Chicago. They have been in business since 1969, and you could not even compare your pizzas to theirs, because they sell millions of dollars worth of pizzas every year because they have the best pizza around hands down. The government didn't shut them down. Casey's does a good business and the government hasn't put them out of business. How about McDonalds, or Burger King? How about Eds small engine? Bottom line if you don't have a business people need or want you go out of business plain and simple, so please don't blame the government, blame yourselves. Hey Larry what about Bush wouldn't he be considered a thief? Boy you are a real hypocrite.

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cathy g.
Willmar, MN     11/11/2009 2:22 AM

None of you people especially Brian, have no clue what they are talking about. Brian did you ever work for the private prison? If you didn't please stay out of the conversation with your one-side, nonsense. I worked out there, and the prison has always struggled to maintain contracts. If the MN DOC had not contracted with Appleton, it would have already closed its door. The location was a problem for Alaska, who chose another private prison. Access to the location from the airport is a good distance for anyone trying to bring inmates in the prison, There are no major airports within a 150 mile radius accept for Water-Town SD. Howard the post office will never go broke as long as it is run by the government, you people are so far off base you must be in another planet, or did not go to school. Many companies do compete with the government but of course some of you leap before you look, The government has been paying their employees for decades, and will continue too. Yes Howard the government is the people, for the people, and we pay their taxes which is why they will not go broke, which is why they will always be in business. The government always keep America moving along good or bad, just like our state government which at times had to shut down. There are not one of you on this site that has any facts that the government will fail and cannot maintain the business at hand. Why is that? You people listen to the likes of the radicals like Rush, who make these claims every year and every year things do not change except for the faces in politics. Howard I sent packages through the mail, and the post office has even announced a stepped up effort to enhance their delivery of any type of package to continue to compete with companies like Fed X and UPS. Howard if your not getting this service then you are either in the wrong place, or your simply making unfounded statements. I have had everything from medication delivered by both the post office, and FED X. The postal service also delivered a package weighing 30 pounds, an old tape deck. Like any other business, there are downsizing and economic pit falls, but the post office had been there before, remember, or are you stuck in one time zone? Brian when you talk about the USDA this is a vital part of the government enacted by the people to inspect meat that could cause illness, are you simple or do you just pretend. Brian it if wasn't for pollution control, we would surely be in a bad way. Please get educated your making unfounded and uneducated statements.

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Brian K.
Granite Falls, MN     11/10/2009 10:22 PM

joe r......."Howard since when does the government demand that private companies do business the way they want them too?"............ahhhh what is the USDA for....how about the environmental regulations for just about everything.........now you response will be what does that have to do with health care.......well, I have 2,000 pages of verbage that spells that out for the health care requirements.

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Brian K.
Granite Falls, MN     11/10/2009 10:19 PM

joe r...."Appleton was always in a bad location, and has struggled because of that".............its not a McDonnalds or a Home Depot.........its a prison....who gives a $%#@$ where it is located......wow...............unbelievable.

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Brian K.
Granite Falls, MN     11/10/2009 10:15 PM

joe r....it just shows that you don't understand the difference between private and govt run business by your responses. In one breath you state that selling pizza is a bad example but yet you keep referring to the success of UPS and FedEx.....you can't have it both ways. I think shipping is a bad example anyway. First off, the selling of pizza is a great example when compared to insurance.....disregard the preference of what brand you like(it is obvious my company makes the best pizza....second to none) but if you take two identical products....one made by us, the other made by the govt....the govt can undersell us in price because they can afford to take the losses....they have taxes coming in and a printing press to purchase the raw goods........we, as a private company don't have that option, we need to set our prices based on the selling price of the product....this is exactly what will happen with the "PURCHASE" of health insurance.......if you can't see that, you have no knowledge of the private business what so ever.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/10/2009 9:25 PM

Howard since when does the government demand that private companies do business the way they want them too? The government has guidelines, for inspections, transportation, along with taxes. They also makes sure that the laws are followed, they don't tell you who to do business with anyone, or set your prices. Health insurance has gotton so far out of hand that the government feels it too can offer an alternative to those people who can't afford insurance. along with the rising cost of health care comes fraud, and refusal to help those who are really sick through no fault of their own. Are you getting it so far, or do you feel like the government will go door to door, taking your guns, and telling you how to live like some of the other radicals on this site claim? I have had a small business and the government never told me how to set prices, or who to do business with. When I fail do you think I could go to the government for a bailout? No, and I don't expect to, but I also believe that in certain cases many of the private companies and banks needed the bailout, they came to the government, remember? We all pay taxes, that is the only thing you are told to do. The government is also one of the biggest employers in the nation, and they also farm out work to companies who specialize in certain areas of government affairs. The government is the people, for the people and companies do compete with the government and do quit well. Health care insurance companies will still make money and will still stay in business, they just won't be making the millions that they did to give directly to their CEO's.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/10/2009 9:06 PM

Wrong Howard the post office delivers packages as well, when was the last time you went to a post office, try it. I hve sent packages through the post office many times. UPS and Fed X also deliver regular mail that needs to be signed for or businesses may want to have it there the next day. Appleton was always in a bad location, and has struggled because of that. Did you bother to count all the private prisons or jails doing in business in the US, or are you just making an example out of one faciltiy? There is CCA one of the biggest private prisons in the country, and there are several other companies right behind them. One other thing, how far do you think we would get without the government? People like you simply amaze me on your radical ways of thought.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/10/2009 6:40 PM

No political party would risk having any type of connections to hate groups, especially the two main parties, it would be political suicide.

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joe r.
Willmar, MN     11/10/2009 6:36 PM

Howard private companies are doing it all the time, do your research. Private corrections compete with federal and the state for inmates. Fed X and UPS, and other mail carriers compete with the government.

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