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To: Road Walker who wrote (41599)	10/31/2008 2:07:47 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

nice to see you recognize that. Latin America is the ultimate free market, with most wealth concentrated at the top and corruption reigns supreme. Same thing is happening in the former soviet union, which looks eerily similar to the USA in the early part of the 20th century. With no regulation, wealth concentrates among the few with power. In the 19th century the US legal system figured this out, and disallowed the highly collutive TRUST system which included Std oil.

To: Road Walker who wrote (41599)	10/31/2008 5:15:42 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

ROFLMAO!!!!... I dunno, though... even headshrinker societies in the Amazon have a "teensy weensy bit" of structure! DAK

To: Road Walker who wrote (41599)	11/1/2008 1:57:17 AM
From: Dan B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Re: """Any economist will tell you that sometimes free markets simply cannot even get off the ground without government intervention" has no bearing on the fact that a Free Market by definition cannot contain elements of socialism and still have its existence called a free market, or a result of a free market." J.F.: How did you get to work today? You left your home which was built to government code, got in your car that was built in compliance with 100's of government regulations, drove on a road that was built and maintained by government, obeying the government speed limits, stopping at the government stop lights and stop signs, watched over by government police" John, nobody said our highways are free markets, and of course they aren't examples of government intervention getting free markets off the ground. I know you want me to praise government for building them, and conclude that this proves we need government intervention in everything. Move to Haiti? Like that's a place of freedom, lol. Freedom Works, Dan B. Message 25129645