On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:30 AM, Charles Bennett wrote: > Services have whatever value the market places on them.
Now you are confusing value and price but at least you are moving away form doctrinaire Marxism. > The doctor sells his service for compensation in a competitive > environment. On what planet? Certainly nowhere on earth. People who provide medical goods and services in the competitive market in the US are called drug dealers and quacks. > The government has no competition. In economic terms the government is just an enterprise that specializes in coercion to generate a revenue stream. It does have some competition. Private security firms compete with the police and private armies compete with the military. Certain forms off crime also compete with government. In some cases, the IRA, the Taliban, the Mafia in some communities, organized crime actually becomes the primary governmental body. -- For blocks are better cleft with wedges, Than tools of sharp or subtle edges, And dullest nonsense has been found By some to be the most profound. -Samuel Butler, _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
