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thefloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:02 AM Original message |
Conservatives idea of "free market" should be questioned |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. How long before the free market provides a liveable wage for all its |
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thefloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Bingo |
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RogueBandit (168 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are there any examples of a truly free market? |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Yes OPEC and the GOP wants to destroy it |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
35. The Drug Trade |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. The "free market" isn't about helping the consumer or community |
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NorthELiberal (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. "The "free market" isn't about helping the consumer or community" |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 07:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Which is why corporations want to pay ever less taxes |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:56 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Indeed |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. The brush administration was never really for free markets |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
6. The US doesn't have free markets... |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. Free Markets can not solve every problem |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Free market? Corps are the bigges welfare queens of them all! n/t |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
9. The economic definition of a "free market" |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. hmmm... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. How free is FREE? |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. no, there are other laws concerning those things... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. A patent is a legal monopoly granted by the government |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. but patent law doesn't cover... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:12 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. That's not how it works |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. almost... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I don't have a lot of time to spend on this conversation |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. What about monopolistic practices? |
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gordonlamb (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 02:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. give an example of what you mean by "monopolistic" practices. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
10. How long before the free market actually seeks a sustainable way |
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Montauk6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. Well, out of the starting gate, they're full of it. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
13. Simple: "free market" is a lie, like most of what the RW says |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
15. Someone in the know, please explain what free market |
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thefloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
16. Should have been clearer |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-13-05 03:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
32. But conservatives don't care if everyone's needs are met |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
17. Right. The free market doesn't do the job of civilization alone. It just |
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400Years (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
18. repub "free market" = our tax dollars given to Halliburton |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
19. How is this a 'free market' when one of the factors of production,... |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-12-05 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. There is no truly free market... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-14-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
34. it's a lie in more then one way |
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