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I never claimed to be an expert. I choose to read information from multiple sources and make my own conclusions rather than regurgitating other peoples ideas. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market#Origins Some theories assume that a free market is a natural form of social organization...

The article did not imply that at all. The article is attempting to explain why socialist politicians have been winning elections in South America. The socialists have been running on a platform based upon the failure of free-market reforms. However, the article contends that the reforms...

So Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, and Carnegie had GLOBAL Monopolies? If you have info that they did then let's see it. I'm awaiting a book I recently orderd from www.mises.org; "How Capitalism Saved America: The Untold History of Our Country, from the Pilgrims to the Present" I imagine it will...

What would be worse? Having to work as a child or starving to death. A free-market world would not be an Utopia, but at least you wouldn't have other peoples morals forced upon you.

The idea is that if a business charges too high a price it will attract competition from capitalist. This is also a very simple concept.

I have to disagree on this point. It seems to me that capitalism, in it's most basic form, is just natural. If someone has something of value to you, you trade them something of value to them and you both walk away happier than before.

I was originally in favor of the fair tax even though I didn't like the idea of everyone recieving a monthly prebate. But the more I thought about it, I really became convinced that the fairtax could never pass in it's current form. I believe that there are simply too many special interests...

Most people do not pay pay estimated taxes quarterly, only business owners & self-employed. If I'm not mistaken withholding was started around the time of world war II. If anyone knows exactly please chime in. Many working class people and some higher up the wage scale really only look at...

The debt limit is a joke. They always vote to raise it everytime it becomes a problem. WHich has become more frequently in recent years. The last time Congress voted to increase the debt limit was in November 2004 when it was raised from $7.38 trillion to its current level of $8.18...

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Creditworthy? That is the general consensus but if you look at the financial statements they say something else. The politicians have aready spent 8.5 Trillion, or approximately four years worth of revenue, and they continue to spend more than they take in. Where does it end? Or more...

So would you agree that a limited government is best? Because what we have now, in most of the world(especially the US) are governments with unlimited power to do as they please. And it seems that what pleases them most is to grow the size of government even larger. It is hard to say this...

Your looking at this as an all or nothing proposal while I'm saying that on a scale from 100% free-market to 100% command control, the operations on the freemarket end of the scale are more efficient than the government end.

When I think of the free market I equate it with individual freedom. Parties only enter into transactions that are mutually beneficial. When I think of government intervention, I think of rules & restriction being made that usually are only window dressing, have unintended consequences, and...

Everyone else on this thread seems to believe that China's economic success IS due to free-enterprise and that the SA policies failed because they were big government SOLD as free-market reform. Yet you keep saying the opposite without providing any LOGICAL backing to your arguments. The...

There is some controversy over whether that quote is real. http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/tyler.asp However, I do believe democracy only has a chance to succeed when combined with a small government. In a large government such as the US minority special interest constantly get laws...

doodoo, your arguments are getting more ridiculous by the day, and have finally arrived at complete works of fiction existing only in your own mind. What exactly is the point you are trying to make?

The gold standard was in place during world war II but there was huge deficit spending so I don't think this would work. You can see some good charts here: http://traxel.com/deficit/ Cash, those are all great ideas but how do we get congress to pass them. Although it is definitely in the...

I'd like to hear your others opinions on how the citizens of this country can do anything to change the federal governments free spending ways. I know of one organization that is working towards this goal, or at least working toward something that would have a real positive benefit if it...

Actually for 2005 is was $272B, or 12.5% of total government revenues. Considering government has been growing around 7% annually, I don't think it would be too drastic to to cut out 12.5% of spending while phasing out corporate taxes. Of course the $760B deficit needs to be eliminated first.