"...(excluding some services that are necessary such as the police force, some regulation, etc.)." - Jason
This 'etc.' is larger than most who have been shouting 'Taxes are too high!' for decades care to think about. The truly sad thing is that the result has been catastrophic to this country. http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/marylease.html And, for the few who don’t know that the stock market is owned and run by corporations (not the government), here is a short overview. http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/New+York+Stock+Exchange On Dec 11, 4:51 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> wrote: > There is a book called the "Wealth of Nations" by Adam Smith that > describes a concept that American should follow. In this book, Smith > describes free market enterprise and the invisible hand of the market, > which the United States does not embrace. I think that when Wall > Street (the government) began embracing communism and following the > Karl Marx's economic philosophy of (a) "supply and demand" and (b) a > command (top down system) of an economy, the United States market > started heading in the wrong direction. Instead of embracing Karl > Marx's philosophy of economics when Wall Street (and not the > government) decides which business live and die through investments, > mergers, sales, etc, I think that we should go more with Adam Smith's > economic philosophy and let the consumer/buyers determine (invisible > hand of the market) which businesses live and die (excluding some > services that are necessary such as the police force, some regulation, > etc.). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
