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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: RMF who wrote (524119)11/23/2012 2:48:13 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk17 Recommendations   of 793689
 
Free markets got us into all the CRAP were in now.....

I think you represent a frightening threat to my kids and theirs. You've never lived in anything like a free market and can't imagine how it works or why, therefore create suppositions to fit your limited knowledge base.

Contrary to the meme promoted by our failed institutions, the crap we are in now originated with statist interventions in a free market combined with failure in the "money" they provide. Gates were opened that allowed very intelligent sharpsters to game the system. Learning why is an endeavor most of your persuasion are not inclined to pursue.

Let me suggest a solid fact you could check. The material prospects of any nation a decade or generation hence is directly related to the degree of economic freedom now existing, and the degree of certainty that delight will persist. Learn that and a door is open to understand why.

A free market requires best efforts to compensate for the fact that few are perfectly angelic. That is a legitimate role of government, but very subject to abuse. America started with pretty good restraints on those abuses, but only a shadow of an echo remains.

Perfection ain't in the cards, but there still are potential systemic restraints to impede the natural inclination of politicians to get and exercise Acton's disease.
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