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To: JohnM who wrote (109985)	4/18/2005 1:10:04 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793717

If the goal is to have as little state regulation as possible, they should be in the proverbial hog heaven right now. You most definately are not a libertarian if you believe that we live under minimal regulation today. <g> The fact that there is so much squeeling about scary Lochner v. NY shows that you progressives know that so much of your pet regulation hangs by a very tenuous thread indeed. Derek

To: JohnM who wrote (109985)	4/18/2005 1:47:46 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793717

If the goal is to have as little state regulation as possible, they should be in the proverbial hog heaven right now. Hardly. Regulation is extensive right now and there is no great likelyhood of any current legal, political or social trend reversing that fact. If the goal is to provide a competitive field in which small business has a chance against the big guys, and that's libertarian philosophy It would be libertarian to watch out for force or fraud from the big guys against the little guys, but not to intervene in the market through regulation or otherwise to try to give a leg up to the smaller companies. Tim

To: JohnM who wrote (109985)	4/18/2005 2:02:42 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793717

An intense regulatory environment favors big business. The enormous sums big business pays lobbyists isn't to eliminate regulations, but to get congress to enact regulations that favor them. It's a good investment. If the goal is to provide a competitive field in which small business has a chance against the big guys, and that's libertarian philosophy, then it's definitely a bad time.