The difference is that if I do something for you because you pay me handsomely for it I'm gone the moment you can't afford me.
I want the government to be a robust platform on which people can build the jungle of commerce.
Making widgets is hard. One can buy a truck to truck the widgets to the customer but the entrepreneur shouldn't also have to build roads. If we involve him in building roads it will mean fewer widgets of lesser quality. The whole widget manufacturing might not even make sense anymore.
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I'd agree that function should be the goal and not profit. However if you can align the two then you get a self sustaining system.
If an individuals selfish ambition can be channeled to produce the best hospital systems we can have given the resources we have, that would be ideal.
The difference is that if I do something for you because you pay me handsomely for it I'm gone the moment you can't afford me.
I want the government to be a robust platform on which people can build the jungle of commerce.
Making widgets is hard. One can buy a truck to truck the widgets to the customer but the entrepreneur shouldn't also have to build roads. If we involve him in building roads it will mean fewer widgets of lesser quality. The whole widget manufacturing might not even make sense anymore.