----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: RE: This time I won't blame Bush
> David Hobby thinks that workers are coerced into taking dangerous jobs and > that government can make us all safe: > > > That's a great laissez-faire argument, which I might even > > accept if unemployment were sufficiently low that it was > > clear that employees had some other options. > > Are you really going to try to argue that people don't have multiple options > about what jobs to take, regardless of the unemployment rate? Just checking, > before I spend time with obvious rebuttals. > > > When the market messes up, and people start dying from risks > > they did not have a chance to freely accept, then Government > > SHOULD intervene. > > Do you really feel that helpless, living in the presence of more abundant > choices than at any previous time in history? > And, of course, one of the choices is to work together for the common good. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
