The big uproar over Rand Paul and his comments on the Rachel Maddow Show yesterday. Rachel asked Dr. Paul the
Republican candidate for US Senate in KY about his thoughts on coomments
he made earlier in the day on the PBS Radio show
All Things Considered. He
basically stated that the Civil Rights Act 1964 was principally good in
that it ended government (institutional) discrimination but feels that
the government has no right to tell a private business how to run and
who they have to serve, admit, or hire.
This at first glance
sounds bad but you must look at this more closely than just racialism.
The government telling you what you can and can't do with your own
private business or club is just bad for the citizenry.
Just
look at the Black, Gay, and Hispanic groups to name a few who admit only
members who are similar to other memebers. Should they have to admit
white guys, straight people, or other groups? No, and the same should
go for all clubs, groups, and businesses that do not receive government
funding.
Now the argument is that if we did not have laws then
the lunch counters at Woolworth's would still be segregated today. This
would not be the case. Yes, I'm sure there would be the odd dummy who
opens up a whites only restaurant or refuse service to gays, or
Hispanics, or any other group. But, if we let the market work it's
magic these businesses would go under. No not all of them, but the great
majority of them would be gone with in the first few years of opening
there doors. This is because greed or more accurately the desire to
accumulate wealth would cause most people to decide that every ones
money is good and thus end the decision to discriminate.
Think
about it if your losing money running your business cause you fail to
serve the needs of your possible customer base your going to change your
policies pretty quick. If you don't well someone else will come along
and open a similar business that serves everyone and that will be the
end of you.
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