Redistribution can not help but be a function of gov’t. If it was every man for himself, you would have no society or civilization. The USA is stronger because of social security, minimum wages, wage and hour laws, worker’s comp, etc. It would be even stronger if the GOP (and the Dems) would regulate the financial markets the way they should be.
I am glad to see you are not a republican. You’re thinking. There is hope for you yet.
parsy, who is inspired
Sorry, but that is really WRONG! Government is there to provide a civil background - not to promote any job opportunities, good or bad. You obviously have a different idea of governments role which I doubt that anyone can dissuade you from...
The only role of government is to provide a safe background for business - not to interfere or persuade. Any time they get involved in anything else, it is ALWAYS detrimental to business...
Yes, minimum wages are good (in a sense) but also bad for business in that it contributes to bad business decisions. Almost all government regulations can be judged similar. Yes, you can say that it is good for the individual, but bad for business... So, whether it is justifiably good on the whole is still up for grabs. That is actually, the norm for most government decisions - if I had to vote, I would be about 55% against almost all of those...
Almost all of these things would have come about regardless of government intervention - simply because they would have been good business practices. It’s kind of like hiring the cream of the crop by paying top wages to those that actually deserve it - rather than giving those that are minimally qualified - think affirmative action...(not exactly a good business practice).
All of these government programs are good to some, but negative to the long term growth of the economic system.
So...yes, some government intervention is necessary - not good but necessary. It does help to prevent problems but of course it also introduces problems itself. All things need some sort of regulation...to prevent human nature from expanding beyond their initial intentions.
If that is your definition of Democratic political help, you are lost already...