"The honest among us realize that the resort to coercion is a tacit confession of imbecility. If he who employs force against me could mold me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would." ~ Carl Watner
"Coercive government grants itself the right to initiate force against human beings. Everything a government does involves either direct use of coercion against people or, at the very least, funding of the activity via coercive taxation. In contrast, businesses are not allowed to use force to obtain money or for any other purpose. Unlike government, business creates wealth, but the risk of business failure is high. Globe-spanning airlines TWA and PanAm disappeared years ago; scores of major mortgage lenders are currently foundering or disappearing; American automakers including Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler and major parts-suppliers like Delphi are in serious financial trouble. Ironically, reliance on government hand-outs, protectionism, or other favors tends to make a business or industry less competitive in the long run and to help bring about its downfall, as every one of the examples in this paragraph illustrates. MoreAt http://www.strike-the-root.com/72/allport/allport1.html
