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To: TimF who wrote (61454)4/24/2008 1:58:18 PM
From: Cogito  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542989
 
>>If its a government mandate it isn't completely capitalist.<<

Tim -

Aren't you confusing political systems with economic ones? The government mandates that my car must meet certain safety and emissions standards. Thus, I am not free to buy and drive any care which doesn't meet them. Does that mean that the auto industry isn't capitalist?

Capitalism does not exist only if there is a complete absence of government involvement in commerce.

- Allen