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From: "Blanc" <blancw@cnw.com> Subject: RE: I thought of an initialy regulated industry!... (fwd) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 21:09:55 -0700

Free market economices don't "work", simply because they are run by humans, who regularly suffer psychological breakdowns, envy, and mistakes of judgement, not to mention disreputable marketing departments. Regulated economies, however, are run by government drones, and are therefore perfect vehicles which, with unfailing success, make all of their captive customers happy.

Everyone knows this, as we witness the apparent success of all those regulated economies overseas which outshine the U.S. by three (maybe four) orders of magnitude. No one over there envies the U.S. productivity and standard of living, and they never are moved to leave and come live over here, to give up the benefits which extreme regulation confers upon them, in

Not so, but I appreciate the sense of irony in your comment. place of the (admittedly

mixed) free-market fiasco which operates over here, where all things are uncertain and frighteningly unpredictable.

Simply because people see a better place does not imply it is the *best* place. Selecting the lesser of two evils does not magicaly make one a goodness. It's still an evil.

In fact, many people become so disgusted with the monopolies and disfunctional liberty which exists here, that they regularly expatriate to go live in places like Sweden, Germany, even Canada, where they have the peace of mind and assurance that State coercion will provide for their every need - in a most efficient, timely, prompt, and user-friendly manner.

They never have to worry about who has more or less, who is better or worse, or who knows better than anyone what is best for everyone. It's all been pre-established and exists incontrovertibly in their national consumer database.

It would be nice if you said something other than "I disagree". It would really be nice if you cold describe specific examples and hypothesis, but that obviously is asking too much. Ah well. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------