Links: Question 6 Elgin’s Answer Joel’s Answer Elgin Hushbeck – Question 6 – Reply 1 (Profit) Content: (Note: Content corrected an updated 7/30/13, because the editor posted the wrong content.) 1) You say profits must be kept low. But terms like “low” and “high” are relative terms, and frankly very subjective. What is low or…
Links: Question 6 Elgin’s Answer Joel’s Answer Joel Watts – Question 6 – Reply 1 (Profit) Content: 1.) You quote Scripture regarding pay. Are profit and the pay the same thing? Well, there are clearly some differences; otherwise we would not have separate words. But at their core they are basically the same in that…
Links: Question 6 Elgin Hushbeck – Question 6 (Profit) – Answer For we do not aim to be rich merely for our own sakes, but for the sake of our children, our neighbors, friends and most of all, for our community. For the private fortunes of individuals are the wealth of the state. (Cicero, De…
Links: Question 6 Joel Watts – Question 6 (Profit) – Answer What is the value of profit as a motive for action in the marketplace and competition as a regulating force? Do you trust profit making organizations more than non-profit? Under what circumstances? While profit and the profit motive are often maligned they are the…
What is the value of profit as a motive for action in the marketplace and competition as a regulating force? Do you trust profit making organizations more than non-profit? Under what circumstances?
Combining Replies from both Elgin Hushbeck, and Joel Watts. Question #5 Reply by Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Reply by Joel Watts Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Response #1 Joel Watts Response #1 [6/24/13 – I inadvertently posted the wrong content for Joel Watts’ reply. The corrected text is below. – HN] Response #2 by Joel Watts: 1.) The…
The Question My first concern with my friend Elgin is that he is too filled with Conservative media’s information that he is unable to see the better times for the dour, an unfounded picture of what is actually taking place. If we do not have a basis of fact I our discussion, how will we…
The Question While Watts and I both seem dissatisfied with the current budget process, I found his suggestions at best unrealistic. He suggests that budgets be done “several years in advance.” Of course one of the current problems is that the Democrats in the Senate have, in violation of the law, refused to even do…
Link to the Question What are the three most important actions that should be taken in this country to deal with violent crime in public places? The issue of violent crime is a social issue, so it must be handled in a communal fashion. One of the largest factors in promoting inaction in response to…
