Should it be illegal for companies to make record profits off a war?

Answer 1

No, only no-bid contracts should be illegal. Businesses operate for profit, and that is the foundation of capitalism. But no-bid contracts are protectionist measures that corrupt capitalism, and therefore, "No-bid Contracts" should be illegal.

Answer 2

It should be illegal for companies to make profits in any event. All of the revenue should be split among the workers, except for the part that goes to the government. That way the workers will have lots of money and the government will have money to pay for many popular programs.

Companies don't need to make profits. People's pension plans are invested in companies, and nobody really needs a pension since the government is going to take care of all of us anyway.

Rich people are going to invest in companies that don't make profits because eventually they will realize that this is the right thing to do. When the first bunch of money runs out they'll just keep pumping in more. Some people think that profits are used to invest in expansion to create jobs, but that's just someone's opinion, and all opinions are really equal here.

WHAT PLANET DID YOU PEOPLE COME FROM? I'm a liberal Democrat and recognize that profits are the source of jobs and taxes and retirement pensions and money for housing loans and all sorts of other worthy purposes. You're believing your own slogans here. "Record profits" are not bad things, and the organization that has raked in the most money from the war appears to be moveon.org.

Answer 3

It should be illegal for a company to receive corporate welfare from the government period. The military budget should be significantly cut, so that they can't continue to funnel a fortune into the Military-Industrial Complex. Beyond that, the government should eliminate all subsidies for businesses.

If we took the money used to subsidize business away, the Democrats would have money for all of the programs they propose to help real people and there would be money left over to provide a tax cut to the poor and middle class. After that is done, why not raise taxes on the wealthy to further cut taxes for everybody else? If the poor and middle class could keep their income instead of having it given to the wealthy by the government, that would put a massive dent into the poverty levels.

Answer 4

Remember the old saying from the Viet Nam era - war is for the generals - general electric, general motors, general dynamics. Those were the war profiteers back then.

There should be no windfall profits from war but there always are.

Answer 5

Yes. War profiteering is the lowest form of Capitalism.

Answer 6

It SHOULD be. You have to realize that most wars are started in the first place in order to make a profit.

Answer 7

I would love it to be, but I don't see how it could be done. War profiteering has been going on since blacksmiths first charged money to make swords.

Answer 8

YES..something so horrible shouldn't even be generating a profit! Any extra money being made from it should go directly back to all the families who are being devastated by it.

Answer 9

take the profit motive out of war and you get rid of the incentive for warmongers to get wars going through lies, deception, market manipulation, and false flags.

RRRR

Answer 10

yes, it is the bush way. prescott,(gw's granddad), sold 60% of germany's steel to them during ww II. dad profited greatly off nam, that how the make their money not oil and baseball.