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Re: Ann Coultier (was: Re: Jerry Falwell blames feminists, gays, lesbians, ACLU, others...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 15 Sep 2001 05:10:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> > Yeah. And the other columnists are just as bad.
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> Not sure I agree. That may be a bit of a broad brush, there are some foamers
> there, yes, but I did spend a little time reading a number of other
> columnists that I felt had merit.
Ack. I usually catch that stuff in editing. It should be
"some of the other..." and not the blanket.
Actually, the pieces on the flag and on Giuliani were pretty
good. The foamers were my immediate consideration. mea culpa.
> So do the guys pointing out that if people panic and try to run the pumps
> dry because they're not paying attention (the majors were all saying there
> was no threat to the fuel supply) that raising prices in order to make
> people ration their purchases is better than first come first served, in
> which scenario, perhaps, the people who really need gas that day can't buy
> any. The market works better at allocating scarce resources (even under
> false scarcity) than just letting the pumps run dry needlessly.
Maybe. But I don't think that jumping the price from $1.45
to $5.64 in six hours is the "invisible hand" of the market.
They're being too functionalist about it. When does it become
gouging to them? Never? I shudder to think what WWII would
have been like if we'd relied upon the "invisible hand" instead
of price controls and rationing.
> And I think Buckley is right on, if Saddam has his hands in this,
> disassembly of that particular tinpot regime is way overdue.
I won't argue there. I'm about this <--> close to saying
"let's take it apart on principle, just for that tasteless
music-video thing they did."
best
LFB
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