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<strong>CAPITALISM</strong><br />
<strong>CURES</strong><br />
“Aid is just a stop-gap. Commerce [and] entrepreneurial<br />
capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid…<br />
In dealing with poverty here and around the world, welfare<br />
and foreign aid are a Band-Aid. Free enterprise is a cure…<br />
Entrepreneurship is the most sure way of development.”<br />
~ Bono, August 12th 2013<br />
a Turning Point USA publication
<strong>CAPITALISM</strong> <strong>CURES</strong><br />
a Turning Point USA publication<br />
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“Aid is just a stop-gap. Commerce [and] entrepreneurial<br />
capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid…<br />
In dealing with poverty here and around the world, welfare<br />
and foreign aid are a Band-Aid. Free enterprise is a cure…<br />
Entrepreneurship is the most sure way of development.”<br />
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In every nation of the world where the people enjoy an overall standard of living<br />
superior to those that are impoverished you will find that either they eagerly<br />
embrace the principles of capitalism or they have done so in their not-so-distant<br />
past. Those nations, like the U.S., that have drifted away from capitalistic<br />
principles and still enjoy prosperity are those where they continue to live off the<br />
momentum that capitalism generated for them.<br />
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But Bono knows it is not a disease; it is the cure.<br />
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Disease: Some People are Purely Greedy and care<br />
nothing about others.<br />
Cure: Capitalism limits how much money people<br />
can make.<br />
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The engine of capitalism that creates wealth and opportunity for all is driven by<br />
the purpose of each and every individual. Some may be greedy, some may be<br />
altruists, some may be hedonists and some may have no particular agenda at all.<br />
Whatever their motivations, whatever their purpose, in a capitalist system the<br />
only way they can fulfill their purpose is to produce or provide something that<br />
someone else wants to have.<br />
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Capitalism neutralizes the disease of greed within a society by not permitting<br />
the greedy person to gain an advantage over decent, caring people.<br />
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Disease: Some employers wish to exploit their<br />
workers and care nothing of their wages or safety.<br />
Cure: Capitalism gives the worker control over their<br />
own destiny.<br />
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Capitalism is the best cure for the exploitation of workers in an economy because<br />
only their own skills and talents limit their wage level!<br />
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Disease: American jobs are lost as companies turn<br />
to overseas suppliers at lower costs.<br />
Cure: Letting the free market have control over<br />
wages and production costs.<br />
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In a capitalist system, jobs go overseas, or come in from overseas, when it is<br />
the best decision for both parties. In a government-controlled system, jobs go<br />
overseas when it is the only decision left for the parties to make.<br />
Capitalism cures the social injustice of having jobs sent unnecessarily overseas<br />
because business owners will only do so when there is a pure economic<br />
advantage!<br />
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Disease: Great wealth disparity between the one<br />
percent and the 99 percent.<br />
Cure: Capitalism lifts the income level for all<br />
citizens.<br />
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Howard Schultz grew up in the Brooklyn projects<br />
before becoming CEO of Starbucks<br />
Ursula Burns grew up in the crime infested projects on the<br />
lower east side of New York City. She attained a college<br />
education and became the first African-American woman<br />
to run a Fortune 500 Company.<br />
Steve Jobs adopted into middle class family and worked<br />
his way into founding the most valuable company in the<br />
world, Apple.<br />
Oprah Winfrey turned a life of hardship into inspiration<br />
for a multi-billion-dollar empire.<br />
Ralph Lauren dropped out of high school and became a<br />
store clerk at Brooks Brothers before starting his own<br />
clothier company with just $50,000. Now one of the most<br />
recognized brands in the world, Ralph Lauren hit over<br />
$5 Billion in revenues last year.<br />
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Capitalism cures the hopelessness felt by those at the lower end of the income<br />
ladder by giving them the steps to climb to a higher level!<br />
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Disease: People who find themselves outside the<br />
economy looking in are left to lives of hopelessness,<br />
starvation, and despair.<br />
Cure: Capitalism provides the resources for a<br />
compassionate society to help those who are<br />
truly needy.<br />
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IN 2012 ALONE AMERICANS GAVE OVER 316.23<br />
BILLIONS DOLLARS TO CHARITY.<br />
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Capitalism is the only cure for helping lift the truly needy to a place of safety<br />
and comfort!<br />
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Disease: The environment and all natural resources<br />
are being damaged and exploited for economic gain.<br />
Cure: Capitalism creates its own incentives for<br />
conservation and preservation.<br />
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The US has the third safest food supply in world<br />
and feeds 330 million people plus much of the rest of the world.<br />
Capitalism cures the waste and destruction of natural resources, and protects the<br />
consumers of products, by making it worth the business owner’s while to find<br />
the cleanest and most efficient ways to get their products to market!<br />
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Disease: There are a very few companies controlling<br />
far too much economic power.<br />
Cure: Capitalism contains the growth of companies<br />
by allowing free entry into markets and increased<br />
competition.<br />
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but only when capitalism is interfered with by the government!<br />
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20-30 years ago none of terms below existed.<br />
Government did not have any hand in creating<br />
these companies or terms. Instead it was risktaking<br />
entrepreneurs who created brands, ideas,<br />
and companies that still change our world today.<br />
‘Google it’<br />
‘Let me GPS that for you’<br />
‘I’ll Skype you’<br />
‘Just text it’<br />
‘Snap me!’<br />
‘Wanna Facetime?’<br />
‘Go on FB’<br />
‘Fwd that email to me’<br />
‘Can you FedEx that package to me?’<br />
‘DropBox that file to me’<br />
‘Make sure you DVR that show!’<br />
‘That’s a sweet Vine!’<br />
‘YouTube that song’<br />
‘I’ll just NetFlix it later’<br />
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Capitalism cures the problem of large companies wielding too much power<br />
and control by allowing for competitors to constantly enter the market while<br />
providing more jobs for workers and more choices for consumers!<br />
If you care about social justice and providing the best quality of life for every<br />
single citizen, then you need to embrace the message of Capitalism!<br />
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The values of capitalism are not at odds with objectives of social justice. Indeed,<br />
the objectives of sincere social justice advocates cannot ever be fulfilled unless<br />
you start from the foundation of a capitalistic system. Only then is it possible to<br />
create the abundance of both wealth and opportunity that is needed to help the<br />
least amongst us.<br />
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