Government is Good, A web project of Douglas J. Amy, Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College http://www.governmentisgood.com/index.php
“Without a whole host of government rules, capitalism could not exist. Even regulations and social programs help sustain a market economy by fixing many of its serious social and economic problems.” - Douglas J. Amy, Professor of Politics at Mount Holyoke College, “Capitalism Requires Government, page: 1 of 7”
Capitalism and Socialism, these two economic theories are both based on the condition of “good moral behaviors.” Capitalism relies on a well-functioning and untouchable governing system, if the government was prone to corruption, Capitalism could not be fully practiced in that country. The government makes rules and regulations to interfere with the so-called “free market” and it also has the duty to accelerate the economic structure by providing job opportunities, maintaining a good market system, and bring us both economic and social justice. In short words, we need a stable and fair government to protect our rights and our money, providing the resources we need for building the economic foundation.
However, can this idea be fully practice in the real world? Is our government really untouchable enough that we can rely anything on them? Will people in Taiwan be so morally disciplined that we won’t see any kinds of corruption in this country? Looking through the history of human race, the answer is certainly not.
However, can this idea be fully practice in the real world? Is our government really untouchable enough that we can rely anything on them? Will people in Taiwan be so morally disciplined that we won’t see any kinds of corruption in this country? Looking through the history of human race, the answer is certainly not.
From the article Government as the Primary Protector of our Rights and Liberties, the author wrote “We depend heavily on the tools of democratic government to protect people’s rights…democratic governments have constitutions and institutions that enable us to effectively protect our rights and freedoms.” But in recent days, Taiwanese government appeared to have gone backward with this idea, for example, the Da-Po incident. We can see that our very government ignores the rights and interests of the people it should protect base on some nonexistent and forceful reason, and in the end the company (InnoLux Company) which need the land most said they don’t need these land anymore(note 1) Then what’s the economic profit in collecting these lands? There is no economic contribute to our country, so what’s the reason for the government sacrificing our right? It is clearly that there is corruption in our government, and this corruption clearly held the economic development of Taiwan, farmers lost their land so they couldn’t contribute anything for the economic, the collected land also had no economic value since the company didn’t need them. If the government didn’t fulfill their function as a protective shield, but to become a shiv that strike back on its own people, Capitalism became a broken theory and the country will fall.
Capitalism requires the government who practice it to take control of the economic system, but it also requires the government to be pure enough to do nothing but for the interest of people. It seem that morally, our government is not “pure” enough to practice this system, the corruption obviously block our economic development. When the government turned against us, how can we contribute to the economy?
Our idea on Capitalism is somehow related. We all think that the concept itself is with good intention but moral corruption is what crashed the eggs. However, I disagree with you that you refuse to view the government’s plan with a wider vision. I don’t think that immediate success will mean anything because everything we do we have to be planned. Your point is clearly displayed. I can immediately understand what you are trying to argue with the readers. Moreover, I think you picked very persuasive and useful sources to support your topic. The sources plus your idea made the entire annotation seems very persuasive. I think you had written a coherent essay and it is well organized into paragraphs, making it easy for the readers to read. There is hardly any suggestion I had to say but I think can be a little bit more specific about the example you provide. Also I think you should follow the correct format of the bibliography and to post your annotation on time.
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