--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dean Forster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Authority of the marketplace?
> >
> > You misunderstand me. When I said freedoms above,
> I
> > meant only individuals. Corporations have none of
> the
> > freedoms we enjoy as individuals. The fates of
> > corporations that overstep their bounds are
> entirely
> > left up to the courts (and thus society).
>
> But, all corporations are is a group of people (the
> stockholders) freely
> associating to make money. By restriting the rights
> of the corporation, you
> restrict their rights to maximize their income by
> any means available in the
> market.
>
Are you pulling my leg? Even I at the height of my
worst capitalist/democratic/American rants wouldn't
claim the *right* to make money.
> > Don't confuse that with what I said about a free
> market in general- as
> with society, you allow >entities to go about their
> business freely unless
> they violate the law.
>
> But, the government can always pass laws restricting
> the marketplace. The
> question is which laws are useful and which are
> harmful.
>
Right. And if I could judge that sort of thing i'd be
making a lot more money than I am now.
> > I remember some of what you said of your situation
> > before, did you bring it to the attention of the
> FTC?
> >
>
> Of course not. Anyone who complains will not work
> in this town again.
> That's the real world. They will be labled a
> "troublemaker" and no manager
> could take the risk of hiring them. I looked at the
> risk/reward and decided
> to just look for another job. Plus, it was done in
> such a clever manner,
> that they could claim that I was perfectly free to
> take another job.
> Indeed, they wrote a letter saying that, but with
> caveats that made the
> lawyer for the company I interviewed with nerveous.
> It was really funny,
> having a job interview that was mostly a discussion
> with the chief corporate
> lawyer. He told me that I had a good understanding
> of the situation and
> agreeded with my assessment. Unfortunately, they
> were already being sued
> right and left for hiring people, and by the time
> they decided they could
> afford the exposure in hiring me, the job was
> filled.
>
Maybe you and I can swap stories about the real world
some time, tough guy.
Good God, you mean the FTC doesn't have an anonymous
grievance system? Obviously a bad situation man, I
feel for you.
dean
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