At 4:43 PM -0500 11/10/98, Albert P. Franco, II wrote: I left the good ol' USA too. I now live in a European country with a strong socialistic government and I actually find very little interference in my day to day life. In fact there seems to be a much higher awareness that each Crap. They take 60+ percent of your income in taxes, that means that they take 60+ percent of your working day. They (at least france) throw up HUGE barriers to anyone wanting to start a business, especially if they will need to hire workers. This not only makes it difficult for you to start a business (which would never happen since you've indicated you like someone else making decisions for you) but also increases unemployment (prevents others from creating jobs rather than just begging for them). individual is responsible for his and her actions. At the very least there aren't as many lawyers claiming everyone is a victim of something or another (ie. too hot coffee, slippery floors, home owners that shot the poor intruder who didn't get a warning first, etc.) Of course not, it's the states fault. Ain't no where perfect, anarcho-whatever was done about 4000 years ago, I generally prefer to look forward... So, the fact that it hasn't been tried in 4000 years means it will never work? I guess it's a good thing the wright brothers didn't take that attitude, nor Robert Goddard. -- "To sum up: The entire structure of antitrust statutes in this country is a jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance. It is a product: (a) of a gross misinterpretation of history, and (b) of rather naïve, and certainly unrealistic, economic theories." Alan Greenspan, "Anti-trust" http://www.ecosystems.net/mgering/antitrust.html Petro::E-Commerce Adminstrator::Playboy Ent. Inc.::petro@playboy.com