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2316No Its not.... but lets say it stirs the melting pot and focuses the public attec.hinton-10/9/2008
2315 The reality of crisis, and the exaggeration of it, can clearly drive the strenTimF-10/9/2008
2314yes...and we have lived in a state of going from one crisis to another since ww2c.hinton-10/9/2008
2313re"Capitalism is all about creative destruction" How true! its easy c.hinton-10/9/2008
2312 In many cases the extent of central planning during emergencies makes things wTimF-10/9/2008
2311 Its hard to find a successful example, because its hard to find any example. TimF-10/9/2008
2310Tim during an emergency thats exactly what happens .....centrally planned rationc.hinton-10/9/2008
2309Tim ,can you name a successful example of the downsizing of a national governmec.hinton-10/9/2008
2308<I> can you imagine a whole city going without food and water and fuel forTimF-10/9/2008
2307 Arguing for small government doesn't mean "the government must not peTimF110/9/2008
2306I will point out ,that in times past, surplus population emigrated in huge numbec.hinton-10/9/2008
2305Tim thats fine for an average day but when a hurricane,earthquake,heavy snow , c.hinton-10/9/2008
2304 I'm doing nothing of the sort. Food supply to cities and towns is not aTimF-10/8/2008
2303<I> and if this continues thats all that will be left. </i> ExacTimF-10/8/2008
2302 Well we can at least agree that most of the time democratic politics in responTimF-10/8/2008
2301re speculators provide liquidity and when speculators run in herds you get disasc.hinton-10/8/2008
2300RE "some problems happen"....Tim your gift for understatement is trulyc.hinton-10/8/2008
2299<I> It would be like trying to ban hedging......one way or another people TimF-10/8/2008
2298It would be like trying to ban hedging......one way or another people will find c.hinton-10/8/2008
2297 "Big business fucks up big", to the extent it does, largely because TimF-10/8/2008
2296 Not obvious for everyone. I know of at least one person calling for them to bTimF-10/8/2008
2295Tim the point is big business fucks up big.... society demands intervention. tc.hinton-10/8/2008
2294Re use the technique in a more limited appropriate way" LOL...tim you havec.hinton-10/8/2008
2293<I> Tim,Its the nature of gov not ever to reliquish power </i> TTimF-10/8/2008
2292re"You have no conception of the decentralized organization needed to feed c.hinton-10/8/2008
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