Why capitalism has gone off the rails

There never was true Capitalism in this country.  Article 1, Section 8 Clause 3 of the Constitution saw to that, also known as the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. It gave the Federal Government the ability to regulate commerce and then with several very bad rulings by SCOTUS extended it to Everything! Worse of all was In “Swift and Company v. United States, 196 U.S. 375 (1905)”, this ruling gave the Fed regulatory powers over Local Commerce.

Yes it does allow for the government to pick winners and losers and even dictate what people can make and what permits need to be made. This clause and subsequent rulings though at the time designed to insure fairness, put so much power on the federal government it detracted from fairness. It allowed for corruption more so than any other thing as they (politicians) can by it insure their pockets get lined.

No there was never any morals or christian values to it.

Not really, the first Taxes were “Excise Taxes” States collected them on Goods and Services and then past on the Feds share to it. So the regulation has always been there. BTW Alcohol was one of the very first just a fun fact.  Also guess which party keeps instituting tax?  Here let me give you a hint.

Estate Tax 1797  “John Adams” (D)* yet to be established Democrat party.
Federal Income Tax “Woodrow Willson” (D)
Social Security Ta x”Franklin Roosevelt” (D)
Obama Care “Barrack Obama” (D)

Ya I can go on.

You honestly cannot have a true capitalist system. It would become so out of control and expensive only the rich could afford to pay for the goods and services it offers until the government has to act…. Oh wait Hello Healthcare.

It’s worse because of to much regulation and taxation that do not benefit the majority, or the “we” in “we the people”

Lets stick to Healthcare for a second.  Insurance should be allowed state lines based only on what you or I the consumer wish to pay via competition. Government should not have any part in where or whom you can get it from or what you can buy.

They should regulate cost however, Hospitals and Pharma are the two biggest rip-offs on the planet. There is no way a ER visit should cost more than a Doctors office visit EVER. ER visits are often for procedures <minus life threatening brought via wambulance> that are done in a Doctors office but because of doctors hours cannot be done there and so you are left with the ER. The same procedure Doctors office or ER should be the same cost.

It should be limited regulations and taxation not massive amounts. And they should be in the interest of the consumer (us, we the people)  Doctors office visit here is about $70ish dollars. ER VISIT instantly $over 2,000.00. That needs to stop! Look at the cost of a night in the Hospital (non- life threatening) I can get a private room in the presidential sweet at a 5 star Hotel for less, not kidding.

That is where regulation comes in, or to insure no price gouging in disasters… But otherwise stay out of business, let the consumer demand set what the manufactures can charge if kept on a equal playing field.

Not true. Let me give you an example.  I can get Antivenom for snake bite (pitviper) for $200.00 “yes you need a ind license for controlled substance” Same medicine same price for a hospital is charged last i looked at the price of $14,000.00 per vial.  That has NOTHING to do with regulations! It is the same exact product.

I was not advocating for more regulations. In fact LESS is better! I am advocating for them to regulate pricing. That is the regulations needed. If product (X) cost $10.00 to make then it should not be marked up anymore than typical retail of 35% roughly so that 10.00 is now $13.5o. If your Doctors visit would be %80.00 so should an out patient ER visit.

The red tape on new drugs is also to long 14+ years on average, it could be cut in half and save billions of dollars and millions of lives potentially. We need less government in everything, BUT keeping cost down (gouging prices) If a Hotel was to double their rates during a Hurricane they would be nailed by the Attorney General for price gouging and have. Same needs to apply to the medical field.

Why hasn’t it, well over the last two years we keep seeing why when the media does not censor people. Many politicians and Bureaucrats have their hand in the cookie jar.

corps will seek profit (as they should)

yet people on the far right pisses and moans when companies taps into the LGBTQ+ community and cries about virtue signalling

Let me be clear, I do not care if its Left, Right, Religion or Politics…. Some company goes trying to place their values on me it is STEP 1 to me saying I don’t want to shop their or buy from them. This is not a Left or Right issue to me. If a Business decided to go down the road of whatever agenda and shove it in my face That will be step 2 and there is no step 3.

Example:

Hobby Lobby, Never hid who or what they were, never shove it down anyone’s throat. Yes the religious stuff is out but that’s it. I have no issue with them as it has always been that way and I knew what it was from day 1. I will shop there.

Example:
My Pillow, No one knew about the Owners politics until Trump, but because he supported him (never did his company shove anything in anyone’s throat) the left has Boycotted My Pillow, forced stores to remove the Product and vilified it. But the company never did anything I can recall politically. I will buy the product

Example:

Disney, They not only shove their agenda in our faces at every chance, the promote it as well. I do not buy or support Disney.

Final Example
NFL, I spent tens of thousands over the years on merch and season tickets. When the allowed the Kneeling that was it for me for life. My family has served this country giving blood and even their Life for it. The NFL and all of it is dead to me.

You see, it is not left or right, both sides do it. A company should NEVER take sides on any issue except for one issue (Our Troops and the Country that gives them the ability to exist). More and more people from BOTH SIDES are getting tired of it.