Many Republicans tout the value of the "free" market and warn us of the "evils" of big government.

If there is any "evil" to fear, it is the horrid and spiritless bureacracy not of the government, but of multinational corporations.  (There is a reason for those Dilbert cartoons and movies such as office space which satirize work life in a corporation, and that reason is because of the truth and verification of our own personal experiences that they portray.) In one of my previous posts I wrote where 51 of the top one hundred largest economies of the world are not countries but corporations.

Now that alone should give rise to concern.  But there is more to that story.

Among other things, these multinational corporations are trying to get nations to provide them with the status of a country.  (All the rights but none of the responsibilities that come with being a nation.)

As corporate concentration has risen, corporate profits have soared, yet workers and communities are getting a shrinking piece of the growing pie.

http://globalpolicy.igc.org/socecon/tncs/top200.htm

Free market is a pipe dream at best and a deliberate red herring planted by members of the upper 5% at the worst.

By definition, in a free market environment, buyers and sellers do not coerce or mislead each other nor are they coerced by a third party.  --  That's the pipe dream or the smoke that many Republicans like to blow.  Sell  your "free market" story to Wal-Mart, and as soon as they start following those rules, then your "free market" might have some credibility with me.  Until then, forget it.

Here is where and why the free market concept will never work:  a free market economy is "an economic system in which individuals, rather than government, make the majority of decisions regarding economic activities and transactions."  KEY WORD :   INDIVIDUALS

CORPORATIONS ARE NOT "INDIVIDUALS"  They are beauractic entities.  And if you don't get this go read a few Dilbert cartoons, or work for a month in a clerical position in one of these monstrositties. 

I believe in government.  GOOD government and efficient government and I do that is achievable in a democracy.

I don't believe in supporting multinational corporations with loans and tax breaks.  I do believe in supporting individual Americans when they need a hand up.

I do believe in the people's control of ALL energy.  I do not think that private interest should EVER be in control of such a precious commodity or resource.  I do believe that a government and not a privately held bank should be responsible for creating and issuing money and in regulating the monetary system.

I do believe in free enterprise and a smaller government but there are definitely areas which should be made OFF LIMITS TO PRIVATE INTERESTS and guarded by our government for our people.