I was trying to make a funny with a callbak to another thread. If enough "people" go bankrupt it could have a tremendous effect on the economy :D
I wholeheartedly agree with #3. And I would bet that those who compalin most about the ups and downs are also the ones who would call you a communist if you tried to show them that we are not a truly "free market" On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Scott wrote: > > > > I love that. Why is it OK forcomapnies, but not people though? > > > > It's not ok for either, but there's a few underlying, but key, points: > > (1.) Companies are supposed to be most sophisticated than "people". > That's the whole reason hedge funds, for example, aren't regulated. > > (2.) If "people" go bankrupt it has no effect on the broader effect on > the economy. > > (3.) It's a super fun notion to think of the US as a "free market" but > it isn't. And it isn't for a reason: you. You're not willing to > tolerate the effects of a free market and neither are any of your > neighbors. In other words, the population as whole prefers regulation > with fewer peaks and valleys to less regulation with more peaks and > valleys. > > So there you have it: your garage logic made to look for the fool it is. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287854 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
