tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post112600590608562914..comments2024-03-28T11:04:29.581-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: The business of governmentRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-61826579108445867322016-10-27T05:10:38.133-07:002016-10-27T05:10:38.133-07:00"The business of government is to organize th..."The business of government is to organize the common interest against the special interests."<br />.<br />THAT is unnecessarily full of the negative ! . I suggest THIS :<br />.<br />"The business of government is to facilitate the common interest with that of the special interests to the optimum advantage of BOTH interests."<br />.<br />The result is the maximum attainable Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18224704696007485383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-36253423561947733422010-05-25T06:27:54.043-07:002010-05-25T06:27:54.043-07:00"The business of government is to organize th..."The business of government is to organize the common interest against the special interests."<br /><br />Woodrow Wilson 1912<br /><br />Too bad, we all know Silent Cal's quip.kcdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14621302028218015811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-63198795481860125102009-09-23T10:11:57.938-07:002009-09-23T10:11:57.938-07:00Just a historical correction: Calvin Coolidge neve...Just a historical correction: Calvin Coolidge never said "the business of government is business". That's a historical myth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-1126029704412305922005-09-06T11:01:00.000-07:002005-09-06T11:01:00.000-07:00Nicely written opinion piece, Mr. Turner. Addition...Nicely written opinion piece, Mr. Turner. Additionally, in straight reporting, you seem to outshine much if not most of the Globe's reporting, although they seem to have a couple of talented reporters in McCoy and Wells. Ms. Redden seems like a nice person but disinclined to "speak truth to power."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com