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Re: For Larry and other Libertarians
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 30 Jun 2003 19:21:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> The whole rest of the article is riddled with similar errors, as well as a great
> deal of "group X is similar to group Y in the following respects and since group
> X believe Z, Y must as well (when in fact it doesn't)" and even more of bashing
> stuff like mixed-mode privatization...
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> ya, it's nice all right. Total waste of time.
But how do you get around the idea that corporations *do* follow the bottom
line. I mean, it's inherently what they do. And if the environment gets
screwed in the process, that's their problem. It's what *has* happened with
business--they systematically ignored other things *for* the bottom line.
Is gov't 'intervention' a 'necessary evil'?
Dave K
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| (...) So in other words you agree that the posited free rider problem is just a red herring, then? I don't need to provide this cite for you to debunk it, then, but I will toss it in anyway: (URL) The whole rest of the article is riddled with (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Nice in the sense that it's full of straw dogs like this one: "The only way for the Randvillians to deal with the free riders is to coerce labor on the levees, or assess taxes in lieu of labor. " \ Why don't you, as a thought experiment, see (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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