URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/704
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  Reviving the Private Sector's Spirit
Item Title Reviving the Private Sector's Spirit
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Brown, Jerry (1938-)
Date Created April 15, 1977
Description Brown talks on the dissatisfaction with a growing government. He notes that over the years, through administrations of both major parties, government has gradually assumed roles traditionally taken care of by the private sector (by the family, neighborhood, church, union, etc.). He says everywhere he goes, people want answers to problems, and these answers are usually contradictory to other answers to other problems. He says the goal society should strive for is rebuilding the self-reliance and independence that is eroding and putting additional burdens upon government. He does not see additional taxes to fund additional, centralized government as the answer. He warns against the self-feeding sense of government growth, saying eventually government agencies become their own reason for being.
Subject(s) Political participation Self-reliance Public-private sector cooperation United States Social responsibility of business
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States
Dimensions Duration: 44 minutes, 45 seconds
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID Program 19770415; 2003c87_a_0002967
Record Number 2003C87.803
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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