To: gpowell who wrote (13845 ) 9/24/2003 12:42:06 PM From: Ali Chen Read Replies (1) | Respond to "I guess you would deny Steve Wozniak a little chump change to create the first Apple PC, when nearly everyone but a few nuts thought it was a waste of time and money. After all, it didn’t do anything and there was absolutely no market for it – everyone knew that. Right?" "Apparently, you don’t understand the term deadweight welfare loss so how can you presume to make a cogent rebuttal to my assertion. In fact, if you really understood my statement you would see that I am saying nearly the same thing as you - just more succinctly and accurately." "You might want to look up the term “spontaneous order”. You may learn to understand and appreciate the nature of spontaneous order" "Yes – I’m an expert on where to spend my money. I value my government and my freedom to speak my mind and pursue my own interests - knowing full well that contracts will be enforced and the presumption that my possessions will be protected. These are freedoms I’m will to pay for." "What’s THE DARPA project" "Actual performance indicates that centrally planned economies produce very little of the goods and services people actually want – that includes life saving medical procedures." "BTW, I’ve worked on and managed quite a few DARPA projects. For the most part, they are a welfare program to the very well educated."
