8/9/2019 AAMC 4 Essay 1
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Consider this statement:
Governments have a responsibility to regulate companies that
provide necessary services to
citizens.
Write a unified essay in which you perform the following tasks.
Explain what you think the above
statement means. Describe a specific situation in which a
government might not have a responsibili
to regulate a company that provides a necessary service to
citizens. Discuss what you thinkdetermines whether or not
governments have a responsibility to regulate companies that
provide
necessary services to citizens.
Sample Essay #1
Government exists to provide essential services to the people
and to nurture society
and the individual. Ideally, this means ensuring individual
freedom and rights, and the
continued existence of the nation. The private sector exists to
generate a profit and t
provide efficient and quality products or services. In theory,
the two roles are not
mutually exclusive. In point of fact, private companies are
often much more efficient
and provide higher quality service than public agencies. While
we tend to view companieas exploiting the public, this is often not
true. In a capitalist society the production of
services is usually left to the private sector. Given the
inefficiency of the pentagon an
the postal service, we are lucky in this country that most
services are left to the
business. But if a service is viewed as a necessity and/or the
right of the people to
utilize it is strongly demanded, then the government attempts to
secure safe,
affordable, reliable, and universally available services for the
public. This is considered
a responsibility of the government.
Who would argue that the nuclear industry, toxic waste disposal,
air transport, or
health care needs some government regulation? Actually, many
would. The theory is
fine, the reality is that over regulation has reduced efficiency
and availability without
improving safety or reliability. Clearly our national
communications system has improve
with deregulation of the telephone industry. Government control
of arts and sports is
not necessary and has harmed these areas. Perhaps the best
example of where
government does not belong is in the media. Government control
of the news that
reaches the public can never be justified. Its dangers is clear
in many countries today.
So where does government belong? Only where the electorate have
clearly mandated a
need for regulation. Then it must be a cooperative enterprise.
Government regulation o
essential public services makes sense. The private companies
will usually provide bette
service, but need some controls to ensure benefits for society
and each individual.
Private industry cannot be completely relied upon to provide
service in the best interes
