Posted by
Mike on Monday, September 21, 2009 1:04:16 AM
http://westernperspective.blogspot.com/
So far, this discussion has centered on redefining the role of women in
society. Now as the debate on health care reform heats up, it is time
to forge ahead and consider the changing character of corporations and
other business entities in general.
Corporations are never
wholly independent of the state. Their very existence is a creation of
state charters. Therefore, they always owe a duty together with the
state's obligation to promote the common good.
Traditionally,
corporations have been classified as either being for profit, or
nonprofit. In today's world, this separation is often blurred. The
question arises, is it always in the best interests of society to
maximize profits in order to insure full employment and growth of the
Gross Domestic Product?
Future economic structures will of
necessity be structured so as to allow all persons affected by their
activity, whether workers, managers, investors, geographical neighbors,
or the public at large, to become stakeholders in the day-to-day
running of the business operations. At this time there now exists a
unique window of opportunity to make this transition from private
insurers to decentralized, cooperatively owned and run enterprises in
the field of health care. The alternative is to expand government
bureaucracy and control which can only result in cost increases and
reduction in health care services. It is incumbent upon our
congressional representatives to act boldly in redefining the
parameters for the allocation of these resources. The best way to
accomplish this goal is through decentralization at the local level,
giving maximum leeway for participation in the day to day activities by
doctors, nurses and other care providers, and also by the heads of
families and households whom they serve. President Obama has already outlined the need to reduce the cost of unnecessary and redundant
procedures, and there seems to be no good reason to allow out of
control government oversight boards, committees, and a new czar to
replace the old, worn out model.
Rather, Congress must take
action to bring about a new economic playing field in which all those
involved in production and buying goods and services become essential
stakeholders and participants in the decision making process at the
local level. Just as the factories of the future will of necessity be
organized to provide assembly line type employment for women and men,
particularly among minorities, endowed with lower innate intelligence
levels, so also, there must be a restructuring of the production
process itself to give all participants, including these women and
minority workers, and all American families as purchasers of the
nation's goods and services, an equal say in the way in which things
get done at the local level.