Hi Ron,
You wrote
... I think that there are opportunities now
for some
companies that have the vision to build useful tools
that accelerate the
process of
compliance to the new government reporting
requirements that are coming out in response to
terrorism, the financial crisis
and by an increasing desire in the part of politicians
on all sides in all
jurisdictions to talk about reducing wasteful
regulation while wanting to
control everything and the expectation that the
various government agencies
will monitor everything and instantly see patterns and
individual transactions
that pose a threat to society.
Actually, I think the trend
now is to get rid of government regulation because
it has been inefficient, infeasible, incorrect and
ineffective. But then,
governments have the guns to make their way heard if
not listened to. Only
by getting back to the business and technical issues,
and eliminating as much government
interference as possible, will lead to economic growth
and prosperity. The
government is the problem, not the solution, to most
issues we have today.