Steve,
You said: "So, the challenge is to dis-empower the power elite (tough) and install regulations which are in the public interest. Of course as soon as the bums are replaced, self interest can begin working its tricks in any new system. Perhaps you should have said 'abolish regulations'. Your new regulations will indeed soon be the meat and potatoes of new exactions from the people by the new "public interest" regulations. The objective of the "Warlords, Lords of the Manor, Plantation owners, LandLords, then lobbyists for industries and corrupt Politicians" is to remove the free market as you suggest. Perhaps support and maintenance of the free market is the way to handle them! Harry ****************************** Henry George School of Los Angeles Box 655 Tujunga CA 91043 Tel: 818 352-4141 ****************************** -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Kurtz Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:19 PM To: Futurework Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] [Ottawadissenters] "Institute for New Economic Thinking" my comment: Markets have rarely been "free." Warlords, Lords of the Manor, Plantation owners, LandLords, then lobbyists for industries and corrupt politicians...all devise a fixed (crooked) system to the best of their ability. Subsidies, tariffs, taxes of all sorts are just some of the tools that tilt the playing field. So, the challenge is to dis-empower the power elite (tough) and install regulations which are in the public interest. Of course as soon as the bums are replaced, self interest can begin working its tricks in any new system. New bums somehow always seem to find their way to the top. Steve ==================================== _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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