TR> That's the way the free market works. If I can afford the gasoline then I
TR> take a ride. If I can't then I stay home. I resent the fact that the
TR> government says it's a privilege that they allow me to drive my car. It
TR> implies that they can take away that privilege at anytime. I say that I'm
TR> free to drive my car unless I act in such a way that I endanger others.
And that's the way I (and also many econimists) think it doesn't work.
Free market must consider externalities, and in many cases, it
doesn't. If it did, the price of fuel would be several times higher at
Shell pumps when Shell was killing dissidents in Nigeria. Was it?
>> I get rash all over when I hear that.
TR> Wow. You're easy. I bet if I tried I could get you itching like a man on a
TR> fuzzy tree.
Yes. Try it, pleeease ;-)
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TR> I vehemently disagree. Would you have us apply for a permit before we drive
TR> where we specify our destination and which route we'll take?
No, and nowhere I mentioned that.
TR> I don't infringe on anyones rights by driving my car. I'll base my trips on
the
TR> price of fuel. That's how the free market works.
And I disagree with that. Unless the free market caters for things it
currently can't count, it can infringe on the rights of others.
But you can label me a pinky and I can label you a gas-guzzling
redneck ;-)
Or we can get back to photography :)
Good light!
fra
