Economic growth

Here is a rather rough, simplified, somewhat biased view of the country at this time. Certain people see the future through the optimistic lens of innovators using private entrepreneurship and small businesses to develop new industries creating new jobs and new economic growth. They are the profit seekers, who revel in the self-satisfaction of having built up a successful enterprise. There is another group who sees themselves as compassionate care givers, who want to transfer the wealth created by the first group to the needy, in the form of public assistance programs. They are the champions of the poor and downtrodden, who have been disadvantage by past real or perceived prejudice. This group believes they have the high moral ground and have a clear conscience knowing they are truly their brother’s keeper. The second group is dependent on the success of the first group for survival. The first group needs government help to use regulations to both protect the public and promote business development while the second group needs government to use taxes to close the income gap. When these two operate in balance the country can grow and still maintain a safety net for those who cannot make it on their own,