Originally Posted By: Tempest
Those are not free market activities. By your logic, we should nationalize everything.
I remember you complain about the poor voting out the rich based on "market activity" in another post. There should be some regulation to make sure that things are reasonable for the overall good of the society. Let's see:
Let the market activity decide what drug is allowed rather than letting FDA approve it, if only a fraction of people die, then we'd say it is good enough.
Let the market activity decide what auto industry should do, get rid of airbags and let them use cheap brakes that can fade stopping from 60-0, market force will make sure the accident rates will be "good enough"
Let the market activity decide what high school education can charge, get rid of free education. Some people will drop out, let the parents that have enough money to buy their kids education, we will no longer have underfunded school. This will guarantee us cheap labor that can compete with China and keep the job here. Plus we will have enough poor people to depress the consumption and imports, lower labor cost, reduce government spending, etc. Perfect way to solve our problem.
Our population is getting too old, let market activity get rid of the population that are too expensive and cannot afford health care of their own, and put them to sleep (will probably happen to you some day too). Reduce health care cost to 0 and perfect way to save the day again.
Let market activity decide everything for you, you are probably going to be living like a Mexican labor down under, without education, without health care, without future.
Unless you are born with the wealth and didn't get a single "entitlement" like public education, or receive a single government service like health care (since when is health care a payout rather than a service), you are also collecting payout indirectly.
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So who decides what % of these econobox cars get put on the road and the associated subsidies that go along with them? What government subsidized programs have had good long term effect. Nearly none.
What you are suggesting is a nationalization of the car industry by proxy, and people will not be able to buy the cars they want and can afford. If people buy more car than they can afford, that is their problem.
Why not apply this strategy to everything made in this country that the Government considers "bad"?
Let's see: Internet used to be a subsidized research from the military that bear fruit, your food price was low the last couple decade because of government subsidization, your car/truck has the mpg of today instead of 13mpg (actually, I'd imagine since you are a big hater of small car, you probably has one that got 13mpg). You haven't died of cancer because government regulates the limits of various harmful chemicals in the products you use everyday.
I didn't say outlaw every non small car out there (read my suggestion carefully!!!!!)
I'd say a system that everyone else is using out there (including Japan) that favor small car. If you have enough dough, you can still buy whatever you want.
Unless if you don't have enough dough and want one, and complains that government is taking away your choice that you can barely afford (or cannot afford) due to your mentality of "entitlement", that you say the low income has in regarding to payout and welfare.
Those are not free market activities. By your logic, we should nationalize everything.
I remember you complain about the poor voting out the rich based on "market activity" in another post. There should be some regulation to make sure that things are reasonable for the overall good of the society. Let's see:
Let the market activity decide what drug is allowed rather than letting FDA approve it, if only a fraction of people die, then we'd say it is good enough.
Let the market activity decide what auto industry should do, get rid of airbags and let them use cheap brakes that can fade stopping from 60-0, market force will make sure the accident rates will be "good enough"
Let the market activity decide what high school education can charge, get rid of free education. Some people will drop out, let the parents that have enough money to buy their kids education, we will no longer have underfunded school. This will guarantee us cheap labor that can compete with China and keep the job here. Plus we will have enough poor people to depress the consumption and imports, lower labor cost, reduce government spending, etc. Perfect way to solve our problem.
Our population is getting too old, let market activity get rid of the population that are too expensive and cannot afford health care of their own, and put them to sleep (will probably happen to you some day too). Reduce health care cost to 0 and perfect way to save the day again.
Let market activity decide everything for you, you are probably going to be living like a Mexican labor down under, without education, without health care, without future.
Unless you are born with the wealth and didn't get a single "entitlement" like public education, or receive a single government service like health care (since when is health care a payout rather than a service), you are also collecting payout indirectly.
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So who decides what % of these econobox cars get put on the road and the associated subsidies that go along with them? What government subsidized programs have had good long term effect. Nearly none.
What you are suggesting is a nationalization of the car industry by proxy, and people will not be able to buy the cars they want and can afford. If people buy more car than they can afford, that is their problem.
Why not apply this strategy to everything made in this country that the Government considers "bad"?
Let's see: Internet used to be a subsidized research from the military that bear fruit, your food price was low the last couple decade because of government subsidization, your car/truck has the mpg of today instead of 13mpg (actually, I'd imagine since you are a big hater of small car, you probably has one that got 13mpg). You haven't died of cancer because government regulates the limits of various harmful chemicals in the products you use everyday.
I didn't say outlaw every non small car out there (read my suggestion carefully!!!!!)
I'd say a system that everyone else is using out there (including Japan) that favor small car. If you have enough dough, you can still buy whatever you want.
Unless if you don't have enough dough and want one, and complains that government is taking away your choice that you can barely afford (or cannot afford) due to your mentality of "entitlement", that you say the low income has in regarding to payout and welfare.
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