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To: tejek who wrote (849225)	4/11/2015 1:17:40 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574744

When the price becomes right, we'll tow hunks of Antarctica north. Plan to tow thirst-quenching icebergs to Africa is on ice scidev.net

To: tejek who wrote (849225)	4/11/2015 1:32:16 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574744

>> According to Dave, its all about the free markets. It is NOT all about free markets. But government screwing with market processes causes far more problems than it solves. The recent Net Neutrality nonsense is the perfect example: there was no problem to begin with, and there will be one five years from now. Watch and see. Government is the worst possible allocator of resources. What's happening now in CA is one example but there are hundreds, probably thousands. Look at the mess that is ag subsidies. Look at government's repeated attempts to limit prices, prop up prices, limit profits, whatever. It never works. Look at the health care legislation, which was supposed to limit use of the ER as a primary care facility, and only a couple years after implementation we see ERs PACKED with patients because their doctors can no longer afford to see them. Government intervention caused the health crisis dating back to the 40s, again in '65, and every single year since. And we can see where deregulation has worked time an again to begin to return industries to normal market processes after government got out of it. So, while markets don't solve every problem, disruption of markets ALWAYS, ALWAYS creates problems.