Role-Play Debate for course EngC 1015

Corporate power has always been a key issue in politics. Should we or should we not limit power? The United States captilistic approach has proven itself throughout the world economically. We are one of the strongest economies today. The reason for this is because the U.S. has been positively reinforcing businesses, small or large. Entreprenuers are able to have an idea and make it work in this country much easier than any other country, allowing us to bring about newer ideas and technology. This is only a good thing as it creates new jobs, a higher living standard, and a sense of opportunity. People look at this issue through the wrong perspective. By no means am I telling you there should be no rules for corporations, but they should be limited enough where the corporation has the chance to be competitive in the world marketplace and have the motivation to grow. An entreprenuer is a risk taker. If there was no motivation for him to take the risk, then he would not. But because in this country there is the opportunity to become succesful, live out your dreams, and create something new, we have people who take that risk. Limiting these people will only submerge their motivation, eventually bringing our economy to a crashing hault. If anything, today we have to many restrictions on business. Businesses do not have the chance to grow because of these high restrictions. An example of this is the high tax rate put on businesses. Over 2/5ths of a the profit goes towards taxes, money that could be going toward higher payed jobs, or investment into the economy, or further growth of the business. All things that could improve our economy more and in the long run putting more money in the government's hands. And you ask yourself why companies do "immoral" things? It may be because they have to find ways to increase profits in order to grow. All of this can be fixed by simply lowering restrictions, not getting rid of them, just lessening them.

Yeah this is a good topic. Mostly becuase it shouldnt be limited as much as it is. I tend to agree with Parag; we are not looking for 19th century railraod barrons, we should be liberalizing restrictions to usher in a new breed of corporate expansion and development, a breed that better molds itself to our new era of globalization.