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Originally posted by wludavid
What we have is a free-market-ish economy with governments to encourage behavior that's healthy to the State as a whole, and to place checks on the market when it's not serving public interest.
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Healthy to the state as a whole? Chuckle.
Free-market-ish is right. But not based on any sound ecomomic principals.
Want an energy policy? Sorry ADM and Wall Street are looking for tax breaks on phony baloney ethanol and wind farm projects.
Want tort reform? Sorry - the lawyers lobby just shot you down.
Education? As long as the teachers union calls the shots and gets their more than fair share.
Power and money and perks flow the Interests with the best lawyers and lobbyists. The "public good" has NOTHING to do with it.
