> Dana wrote: > suppose I live there when you move your smokestack in, hmm? Suppose my > family has always lived there?
Well I was being a little facetious, but there is not entitlement on where to live, however that doesn't mean you shouldn't have "fair use" input. Not to break into the min wage disagreement, but this is often given as a reason for min wage: "but I want to live in central North Dakota AND make the same money as a New Yorker." Where you live is ALWAYS a choice. Where you work is ALWAYS a choice. Whether you have children is ALWAYS a choice. How much debt you take on is ALWAYS a choice. How much education you get is ALWAYS a choice. (yes, yes, some have it tougher than others and it's in the country's best interest to make sure everyone is as productive as they can be, and, yes, some people are disabled, etc, etc) Back to the point: capitalism without government policy is not capitalism, but anarchy. Socialism/Communism just means black market capitalism. So the answer is gov't policy that doesn't limit capitalism, but funnels it into pursuits that are both good for the individual and the community. E.g., a health care policy that's punitive on one demographic while rewarding another while costs rise exponentially for everyone is ridiculous. A better idea is to move the entire system into the market; e.g., doctor's pay that increases the healthier people get rather than how it now which is the sicker you are the more the doctor makes. Consumers empowered to choose any doctor, clinic, and hospital that meets their price/quality choice, etc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:225969 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
