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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:11 AM Original message |
How much faith do you have in the free-market, capitalist system? |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
1. Not a whole lot... |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. None whatsoever |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. None. The mighty free-market capitalist society is a myth. |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. It cannot be completely unrestrained. With good regulation, |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 11:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
28. yep...that "good regulation" |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
33. Well said. And I agree. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
5. It does not exist. When businesses can get laws/policy written for and by |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Bingo. Absolutely right on. - n/t |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 10:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Bingo again! n/t |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
6. Distinguishing a true free market from this capitalism |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. What free-market capitalism? |
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madmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. I have absolutely no faith in ... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
10. None |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
11. Less than zero |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
12. Reminds me of Churchill's statement regarding democracy |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
13. my father a lifetime business man |
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bpilgrim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. how will they 'manage' the PEAK OIL CRISIS?!? |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
15. none, it's killing the planet |
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undergroundpanther (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. zilch |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
17. Zero Faith! |
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cyclezealot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. Should we not have learned in the 1920's. |
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Tux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
19. I don't trust it |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
20. It's not a free market if failing businesses are bailed out by the |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ever played monopoly? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
22. Too vulnerable to collusion. |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
23. Don't really know |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
24. Interesting question |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Good post n/t |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. Zippola. |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. Zero-Sum. Just like the "free-markets" themselves. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
30. About as much as I do in Enron, Exxon, and General Dynamics. |
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idlisambar (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
31. There are better systems |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
32. interesting economic theory, when do we try it? |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
34. I call for separation of Business and State! |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
35. What free market? Its never been tried |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. It's either blind faith....or no confidence |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-07-05 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
37. Kentuck! Are you questioning the "Invisible Hand"? |
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