Loren wrote: <<Not to mention confiscatory taxes on everything except breathing, but hold your breath, because breathing will be taxed soon. (Carbon tax) >>
With the fiasco of gobal warming getting going just wait until you see what kinds of restrictions are placed on you - the FedGovCo will be telling you what kids of Light Bulbs to buy of all things ans as carbon credits get going you;ll see a few people with the ability to set up exchanges of carbon credits as has happened in Europe where already a guy has become a multi-millionaire from setitng up the program. All this for a program of a dubious nature. When you look at all the clerks and bureaucrats on *your* back - and your small business - just imagine what is happening at big corporations. Hundreds, maybe thousands of people doing nothing but making sure the pyramid of regulations are being followed - everythng from having the right signs posted in the right places to checking to insure the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act are being met - even at places that will be unlikely to *ever* see a disabled person. How about Braille signage at a shootig range or a school for High Speed Driving? Makes sense, right? You can bet your butt there's a requirement. When I was in the corporate world we had a whole department (10-12 people) that just read the Federal Register daily to see how the new laws passed and legistalion being considered might affect the company - all that effort and no ROI. Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Faeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Gave in... WAS: Must... resist... temptation > China is not socialist.. It is a free market at the top. They have > a big problem trying to keep the hoards form not demanding their > share. The fat cats at the top want to keep the free market to > themselves, and hoard all the goodies. THey still talk socialism to > the hoards as a way to contain them and keep them poor and ignorant. > > Do you think it is an accident that an eighth grader from a hundred > years ago knows more than a college grad today? The problem we have > in the US, is that we are NOT a free market. There are restrictions > on free trade everywhere. If you want to learn about relatively free > trade, look at the period from 1870 to 1910 in the USA. To run a > small business that only grosses 60-80k a year, and is a net loss, I > have to have no less than 5 licenses (State and Federal) and so many > restrictive regulations I can't even begin to count them. I am > subject to random inspection by at least 3 federal agencies and at > least 3 state agencies. Not to mention confiscatory taxes on > everything except breathing, but hold your breath, because breathing > will be taxed soon. (Carbon tax) We are a FAR cry from free trade > in the USA. > > As for the fat cats in the US, many of the big corporations only > exist because of regulation and favorable legislation. In a true > free enterprise system, they would die, because they can't move fast > enough. > > I stand by my prior statement: Free trade works, socialism doesn't > > At 05:10 AM 4/11/2008, you wrote: >>Whilst on the surface free enterprise seems like a fine thing, when you >>take into consideration monopolies and corruption it too can be a bad >>thing, not too mention turning people into money hungry A holes. >>Also not every socialist "experiment' has failed...........yet but does >>need to be modified away from the doctrine set out by Marx and Engels, >>think China. The problem I see with true socialism is that it goes >>against human nature, whilst capitalism works well with human nature. >>I do see the US as an odd mixture of pure capitalism mixed in with a bit >>of national socialism/patriotism/racism and a few other ism's that >>haven't even been thought up yet. >> >>Hendrik >> >>Loren Faeth wrote: >> > Every socialist experiment has failed, before or after Karl Marx. In >> > the USA, we have had the french Icarian Society, failed in mid-1800s, >> > the Amana colonies, disbanded/reformed (free enterprise) in >> > 1930s. Or you can look at the USSR, a shining example of a happy >> > prosperous society, or how about how Jimmy Cawtuh forced Rhodesia to >> > turn itself from a prosperous country into a socialist hellhole. The >> > list goes on and on.... but the premise existed long before >> > Marx. The Jamestown colony was founded 400 years ago as a socialist >> > experiment. After a good number of colonists died from lack of food >> > and shelter, they reformed into a free enterprise society, and >> > prospered. GO figger. Free enterprise works, socialism does >> > not. Now do y'all want Billary or Osama fer president? >> > >> > At 08:19 PM 4/10/2008, you wrote: >> > >> > >> >> Also, Socialism is a form of government that "refers to a group of >> >> ideologies and political movements with the goal of a >> socio-economic system >> >> in which property and the distribution of wealth are subject to >> >> control by >> >> the community." >> >> >> > >> > Loren Faeth >> > >>_______________________________________ >>http://www.okiebenz.com >>For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Loren Faeth > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
