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From: Clark F Morris on 4 May 2010 09:27 On Mon, 3 May 2010 17:33:59 -0700 (PDT), Larry G <gross.larry(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On May 3, 8:17�pm, Larry Sheldon <lfshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> On 5/3/2010 19:01, Brent wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > On 2010-05-03, Larry G <gross.la...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On May 3, 7:12 pm, Free Lunch <lu...(a)nofreelunch.us> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 3 May 2010 15:28:11 -0700 (PDT), Larry G <gross.la...(a)gmail.com> >> >>> wrote in misc.transport.road: >> >> >>>> On May 3, 10:07 am, Larry Sheldon <lfshel...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>>>> There is no capitalism at all in those two places. >> >> >>>>> There is no pure capitalism anywhere, to the best of my knowledge. >> >> >>>> what do you call a totally virtually �unregulated market? >> >> >>>> I call it pure capitalism... >> >> >>>> you want an AK-47 or a steak or a girl slave? all you need is money >> >> >>> If I have the AK-47, I'll get the money. >> >> >> took a sec... �yup... � provided the guy who has the money does not >> >> also have one ...or two.. or a bevy of friends with RPGs and the >> >> like.. >> >> >> That's the thing about Somalia. �If you are one that Chafs at govt >> >> taxing you do death and regulating you out of business... try a place >> >> like Somalia where you don't have to worry at all about those nasty >> >> govt entitlements...transfer of wealth , etc, >> >> > Ask yourself, what happens if you don't pay the warlord? Then ask >> > yourself what happens if you don't pay the US federal government? >> >> > Hint: Same thing. Both of them, believing they are legitmate >> > authority reserve the right to kill you if you don't sufficently obey >> > them. >tea party blather Unfortunately, that is inherent in any government regardless of ideology and would be even in a libertarian government. Government services are enforced indirect expenditures, be they national defense, welfare, health care, public health services such as the FDA, roads, transit, schools, ad infinitum. The basic question is which goods and services should be purchased directly with no government coercion and rules as to amount and which should be purchased indirectly and provided according to some set of rules. |