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Re: Why the founding fathers limited government scope (was Re: Rolling Blackouts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 11 May 2001 14:13:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > > Well, if the road was too dangerous, the trucking company would either
> > > pay for a better road, wouldn't deliver, or whatever. Eventually, the
> > > costs would balance. If the road is unsafe because the locals wanted too
> > > cheap a road, it would drive up other costs to the point where people
> > > would either be comfortable with the risk vs reward, or the better more
> > > expensive road would look more attractive. The market is capable of
> > > realizing that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure 99% of
> > > the time
> >
> > That really isn't true. Companies have invariably dragged their feet on the
> > "ounce of prevention" angle. The cold truth is, as much as businesses get
> > over-regulated, they invariably brought it on themselves by NOT taking care
> > of business.
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> Business has never been free to realize that an ounce of prevention is worth a
> pound of cure. They have never been actually liable for their damages across
> the long term. They have never existed in an unrestrained market where the
> government would not bail them out of their little worries by taking care of
> their vicitms. We can't say that business has dragged their feet because I
> think they are specifically disincented to take that kind of responsibilty by
> our protectionist system.
If they aren't liable, then why do they spend so much effort dodging
liablity? I'm not sure what you are basing your claims off of, but I gotta
disagree with virtually every sentence above. And I'm also talking about
throughout history, not just the last couple of years.
Bruce
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