From: Carbon on
On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:32:17 +0000, assimilate wrote:
> On 19-Oct-2009, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When you have lobbyists and special interest legislation there will
>> be no free market. Libertarian ideas are just that, ideas. Not
>> pragmatic. Perfection that gets in the way of the doable. Escapism,
>> imo. They do need to be heard,though, but not treated as a realistic
>> possibility, imo.
>
> Like any ideals, they are goals to strive for.

May I ask why, since you yourself concede that free markets are
impossible?
From: assimilate on

On 20-Oct-2009, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> Credible sources have railed against the banking
> industry and the investment industry being able to
> cross over.

Cedible sources? If they are so credible, cite them



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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Oct-2009, "gray asphalt" <dontwrite(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> The markets are getting less free, no?

it seems that way, hopefully a temporary trend.

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 20-Oct-2009, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> >> When you have lobbyists and special interest legislation there will
> >> be no free market. Libertarian ideas are just that, ideas. Not
> >> pragmatic. Perfection that gets in the way of the doable. Escapism,
> >> imo. They do need to be heard,though, but not treated as a realistic
> >> possibility, imo.
> >
> > Like any ideals, they are goals to strive for.
>
> May I ask why, since you yourself concede that free markets are
> impossible

Do you not have ideals you strive to acheive, like, I dunno, a single digit
handicap, no matter how impossible?

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bill-o
From: assimilate on

On 19-Oct-2009, Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-Steagall_Act

Glass-Steagall is the scapegoat that the pols hide behind hoping no one will
notice what they've done.

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bill-o