Why? Because if the Government does things, they will be done the way the Government thinks they should be done, not necessarily done in a way that will actually help you. That viewpoint is one that views government intervention dimly. Understand that Reagan was a Conservative. Whether the person would instead prefer to go without said help and keep those taxed monies instead is never inquired into. I'm from the government, and I'm here to help. But government is so crappy at running things that that was indeed the outcome.Īnd last, but not least, hard-working Americans typically remember to end that statement with: I'm sure nobody in government wants veterans to get bad care. Veterans Affairs hospitals are a prime example. But, it will often do a shoddier job of that than anyone else can. Government can even be honestly and earnestly trying to help you align with your goal. minimal wage laws causes you to lose your job because your employer can't afford your services anymore). But their policies are aimed at getting your vote, but may ultimately harm you (e.g. A congressperson may say that their goal is to improve your life as a poor person, to get your vote. Or it can be a result of incentives of individual members of government (increase one's power, get re-elected, or a mundane "I wanna go home by 4:30pm and have 1 hour lunch" by a clerk who will take shortcuts and do a shoddy job which presumably isn't your own goal). This may be a simple misalignment (you wish to sell your produce for maximum profit, they wish to minimize risks to consumers which reduces your profits). Government's goals don't always align with your own goals. For one of the fun examples specific to US agriculture, see ethanol mess. This takes a variety of shapes, including unintended consequences (" Cobra effect") that make the problem worse or simple errors. Government may claim that they intend to help you, but as usual eff things up due to the fact that "government" is comprised of fallible human beings who make mistakes and screw up. Tuskegee syphilis experiment is among the most (in)famous examples.
There were numerous examples in history, including US history. Government may claim that they intend to help you, but instead do not intend to help you at best or harm you at worst. Nothing can harm business more than uncertainty since you can't make longer term plans and investments and ones you make get screwed up.Īs other answers noted, other issues are generic to conservative small-government worldview and not specific to that speech: Government creates uncertainty (due to changing policies). Government enacts policies that harm some people as the expense of benefiting others (pretty much any act of governance does that, in the context of farms it can be trade policies that make it more difficult/expensive to sell your goods internationally or regulations that help consumers at the expense of producers - which also benefit less regulated foreign producers at the expense of domestic ones). Specifically in the context of that speech, one of the implications of that phrase is that: A great many of the current problems on the farm were caused by government-imposed embargoes and inflation, not to mention government's long history of conflicting and haphazard policies (Reagan's speech that originated the phrase)
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