Socialist Progressives

I have an old Yankee view of government. IMO government ideally is the agent that enforces the People's Will for the common good. Office holders are public servants who work at the pleasure of the people who elected them.

I have that same view regarding business. IMO the big problem today is that profit is seen as the end itself, rather than simply the reward for doing a good job at providing goods and services. Businesses have a moral duty to fulful the needs of society, and the business is to be rewarded if it does that well.

In my ideal economy most businesses would be co-ops, with the workers deciding how much of the profit is reinvested in the company and how much is divvied up as bonuses.