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[NMCB3]

If what we're referring to by "free market" is a system in which just enough regulation exists to keep monopolies from forming, then I'd say I support that 100% and am apparently not a socialist after all. ;-)

In a truly free market it is very tough for monopolies to form. The very conditions a monopoly creates such as high prices and relative scarcity of goods, are the very conditions where competition would thrive. In reality government intervention is essential to the formation of monopolies, business get laws passed to help them and hurt their competitors, then they get a monopoly. In a free market a business may monopolize a market for a short time if they provide good services at prices people are willing to accept. But if they just sit back and fail to provide what the market wants they will be overtaken by competitor's. Besides if a business provides goods and services so well that people choose to buy their goods over all others giving them a monopoly, so what. There is nothing wrong with that as long as the consumers choose to make it happen. The minute the company fails to provide what the consumers want, or a smaller company provides a better product at a cheaper price, the game is over.

As with many things most of what you hear about Anti-Trust and monopoly's is myth. Promoted by socialists who love big government and hate capitalism.

No personal offense intended.

 

[angelatc]

I don't necessarily agree that a totally free market is absolutely perfect.

THe mining industry is a great example of a non-competitive labor market. And in bigger markets, to pretend that collusion doesn't exist is being naive.

But I think that unions, in their intended form, are a better solution than government

 

[NMCB3]

I don't necessarily agree that a totally free market is absolutely perfect.

THe mining industry is a great example of a non-competitive labor market. And in bigger markets, to pretend that collusion doesn't exist is being naive.

But I think that unions, in their intended form, are a better solution than government

Mining is heavily regulated by the Federal government. There is nothing wrong with Unions as long as the government stays out of it. As it stands now Unions thrive because of government intervention.

Collusion does exist in various forms, mostly between business and government.
I`m not naive about the real world, people are people and will sometimes do bad things. But government intervention only makes matters worse. I despise socialism, it is the enemy of individual liberty. I never said free markets were perfect, but I`ll take my chances with the free market over government meddling any day.

 

[Brandybuck]

I don't necessarily agree that a totally free market is absolutely perfect.

Nothing in this life is absolutely perfect. No free market proponent claims that it's perfect. All that is claimed is that it is more efficient and beneficial than statism.

Believing in a perfect economic system is as silly as believing in perpetual motion machines. All the plans look good on paper but they never ever work when implemented. But unlike economic systems, no perpetual motion machine has ever caused mass starvation and destitution.

 

[slantedview]

I don't necessarily agree that a totally free market is absolutely perfect.

THe mining industry is a great example of a non-competitive labor market. And in bigger markets, to pretend that collusion doesn't exist is being naive.

But I think that unions, in their intended form, are a better solution than government

As I know it, the biggest issue arising from free markets are speculative bubbles. Of course, as we've seen, having the federal reserve intervene in the market only makes speculation greater than it would be otherwise.

 

[slantedview]

He's sticking to his guns......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYkr435zPHU

Don't forget to rate this Rudy video guys (down)

 

[ronpaulitician]

Don't forget to rate this Rudy video guys (down)

Ignorance:
Pronunciation: 'ig-n(&-)r&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness

Guess even Giuliani's own people know he's a dud, because they're filtering comments.

 

[manuel]

I never said free markets were perfect, but I`ll take my chances with the free market over government meddling any day.

This was the moment when i became a libertarian.

I thought to myself, "in the free market, if a company wants to kill me or hurt me, I have to first choose freely to buy their product. But with government they can just pass a law if they want to kill me or hurt me." This is of course an extreme thought, but who could blame me? I was a socialist environmentalist.

 

[slantedview]

Ignorance:
Pronunciation: 'ig-n(&-)r&n(t)s
Function: noun
: the state or fact of being ignorant : lack of knowledge, education, or awareness

Guess even Giuliani's own people know he's a dud, because they're filtering comments.

I noticed the filtering of comments too! Either that, or they don't want to have their videos flooded with Ron Paul comments


I finally saw the part of the Bill Maher appearance where Affleck was asking "Who do the Republicans have?" The audience sure jumped in and let him know. I wouldn't worry about Afflecks comments because the audience definately straightened him out and even Maher recognized it.

 

[NewEnd]

Mining is heavily regulated by the Federal government. There is nothing wrong with Unions as long as the government stays out of it. As it stands now Unions thrive because of government intervention.

Somewhat. Unions, through collective bargaining, can form contracts. It is like a labor corporation, where all the profits are funneled to the workers.

Also, employers are not allowed to bully or threaten people outside of work, which they have been known to do.

I personally do not think employers should be able to fire someone for trying to start a union. I know that is anti-libertarian, because theoretically, employers should be able to hire and fire at will, I guess, once again, that is why there is the government, to define exactly what is agreed to when someone goes to work for someone else.