In the U.S. today, it seems that we may have lost a bit of the ideas of where we started off economically. The idea was that a business should be allowed to be a business without much government interference and that the market would decide how that business did. These days, it seems more like the government and lawsuits determine how businesses do through legislation enacted to make people behave in a certain nature, thus limiting the freedom of the business greatly.

It begs the question, however, as to where to draw the line to have a more purely capitalistic system. Do we say “anything goes?” or do we have to limit it to “You need 9,000 laws to control what you can or cannot do, because otherwise the government can't trust you”

Let's examine the “anything goes” philosophy. First we'll look at a smaller issue, then one that's more extreme...

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One of the worst parts of the last eight years has been the overall secrecy that has shrouded the White House and it's day to day activities. Things have happened that we may never know and every time the commander in chief or one of his cronies are asked to give details about something important, they have claimed executive privilege, even though everyone knew that for the most part, they were just breaking laws and found an easy way not to have to face the consequences.

In trying to stay true to what nospintalk.com is about, we don't want to say things that may not be true. We do, however, feel that stating that Bush and his staff are breaking laws left and right and not wanting to testify under oath about it is pretty well documented. Now, stop smiling. It could get worse.

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