Re: How Free is the Free Market?

2003-01-03 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Matthew X wrote: Chompsky makes the point that the state underwrites the so called free market. As we are all libertarians,(cept shoate) here we should be doing our utmost to expose,ridicule,attack and destroy the state,nest pas? You're right, I don't want to get rid of

Re: How Free is the Free Market?

2003-01-02 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Matthew X wrote: Chompsky makes the point that the state underwrites the so called free market. As we are all libertarians,(cept shoate) here we should be doing our utmost to expose,ridicule,attack and destroy the state,nest pas? You're right, I don't want to get rid of

Re: How Free is the Free Market?

2003-01-01 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 12:42 PM +0800 on 1/1/03, Marc de Piolenc wrote: Who's we, Professor Chomsky? I sure as hell don't call it that, nor does any free-market advocate that I know. This is simply a Socialist striking a straw man, nicht wahr? No. It's a troll by someone who's in almost everyone *else's*

Re: CDR: How Free is the Free Market?

2003-01-01 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Matthew X wrote: Debt repayment means that commercial banks made bad loans to their favorite dictators, those loans are now being paid by the poor, who have absolutely nothing to do with it, of course by the taxpayers in the wealthy countries, because the debts are socialized. That's

How Free is the Free Market?

2002-12-31 Thread Matthew X
to have to pay for the bad loans — that's your job my job. — Noam Chomsky, How Free is the Free Market?

Re: How Free is the Free Market?

2002-12-31 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 12:42 PM +0800 on 1/1/03, Marc de Piolenc wrote: Who's we, Professor Chomsky? I sure as hell don't call it that, nor does any free-market advocate that I know. This is simply a Socialist striking a straw man, nicht wahr? No. It's a troll by someone who's in almost everyone *else's*

CDR: How Free is the Free Market?

2002-12-31 Thread Matthew X
Chompsky makes the point that the state underwrites the so called free market. As we are all libertarians,(cept shoate) here we should be doing our utmost to expose,ridicule,attack and destroy the state,nest pas? Of the essence of government... it is a thing apart, developing its own interests