Exactly Arthur!! He was candid and true to his beliefs_ A true believer and he will not let his ship go down without a fight and his ship has a lot of nasty weapons as I said to Harry.
Brian >I happened to see the same programme. Really startled to see such a good >and candid discussion of issues. Also thought the editor of the WSJ was >true to his roots. At least he was honest. May not agree with his values, >but he appeared to ready to go with them. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian McAndrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 2:50 PM >To: Harry Pollard >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: The Coming Power > > >Harry, >You are a remarkable guy and you seem to miss the point a lot. Why do >you think I put 'quotes' around free market in my response to Keith?! >I listened to the editor of the Wall Street Journal being interviewed >by Bill Moyers on PBS' 'Now' public affairs programme last friday >night at 9:00 pm EST.( a great show - it sounds really strange to >hear any real discussion about current events on tv). Moyers was >trying to get the guy to admit that the Enron scandal suggested >something was rotten in the state of Texas (U$). The guy squirmed and >talked about democracy , free markets, capitalism, liberty , the >pursuit of happiness, motherhood and apple pie (or was that American >pie part 1 & 2?). MY POINT IS, HARRY, HE IS A TRUE BELIEVER!! AS >BLIND A FUNDAMENTALIST AS YOU COULD FIND IN WACO TEXAS. > >TAKE CARE, >HARRY > > > > > > > > > >>>Hi Keith, >>> >> >>>After Enron how can we have any faith in these earnings reports? >>>Also re the decline of the American Empire: will they decline >>>peacefully or might their arsenal of nuclear weapons, chemical >>>weapons and biological weapons come into 'play'. True believers of >>>'free market' capitalism might not like any other religion becoming >>>trump. >>> >> >>"Free Market capitalism" is an oxymoron, you know like "military >>intelligence" and suchlike. >> >>There is a "free market" and there is "capitalism". >> >>Capitalism is called in economics a "mixed economy". It should be >>called a mixed up economy. >> >>In the US, the free market - what is left of it - works, which is >>why Europeans who come to California look at the low prices and >>their eyes bulge. I remember one visitor from Leeds in the UK going >>around K-Mart on her last day, filling a shopping cart to the >>gunwales with all kinds of things to take home. >> >>So, the free market helps the customer and every single one of us is >>a customer. >> >>Capitalism doesn't. Costco in Los Angeles, like other discounters >>across the US, sells price-fixed milk to it's customers. Then, it >>found that over the mountain in the San Joaquin Valley, the fixed >>price for milk was appreciably lower. >> >>So, it sent trucks over the mountain, picked up loads of milk and >>brought it back to Los Angeles, where it was able to sell milk much >>cheaper to happy consumers. >> >>Of course capitalism couldn't allow that, for capitalism is >>interested in producers not consumers. >> >>Under threat of prosecution, Costco went back to higher priced local >>milk (the same milk of course). >> >>This sums up the difference between capitalism that you favor - >>unless you prefer socialism which, in practice, is little different >>from capitalism - and the free market. >> >>In free market California, last year the legislature passed only 3 >>laws a day. The previous year they passed almost 4 laws a day. It's >>true that if California were a separate country, it would be perhaps >>5th or 6th in the world - but does it really need some 1,400 laws a >>year? >> >>It does under capitalism. And all those laws don't work. But, I >>suppose they must be passed to keep the politicians in perks. >> >>The free market is the absence of regulation of the market. The >>price control mechanism' negative feedback keeps returning prices to >>equilibrium. It does this impersonally, reacting only to the >>people's wishes. >> >>Put 'regulations' in its place and you turn the decision making over > >to impersonal, altruistic, politicians. > > >>Lot's of luck! >> >>Harry >>___________________________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>****************************** >>Harry Pollard >>Henry George School of LA >>Box 655 >>Tujunga CA 91042 >>Tel: (818) 352-4141 >>Fax: (818) 353-2242 >>******************************* > > >-- >************************************************** >* Brian McAndrews, Practicum Coordinator * >* Faculty of Education, Queen's University * >* Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 * >* FAX:(613) 533-6596 Phone (613) 533-6000x74937* >* e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * >* "Education is not the filling of a pail, * >* but the lighting of a fire. * >* W.B.Yeats * >* * >************************************************** -- ************************************************** * Brian McAndrews, Practicum Coordinator * * Faculty of Education, Queen's University * * Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 * * FAX:(613) 533-6596 Phone (613) 533-6000x74937* * e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * "Education is not the filling of a pail, * * but the lighting of a fire. * * W.B.Yeats * * * **************************************************
