nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (08/28/89)
In article <8908241902.AA02325@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu> jim@THRUSH.STANFORD.EDU (Jim Helman) writes:
Government usually screws up when it allocates resources for
problems where the solutions are not completely apparent, and
frequently even when they are. (You can tell, I'm no socialist.)
This carries with it the implication that government ownership (i.e.
socialism) carries with it the abandonment of free market principles.
This is incorrect, as there are examples of socialism that place
certain constraints on the free market[1]. The market is then free to
seek its own level. This is the complete reverse of total government
planning (read "straw man").
[1] This sounds contradictory. However, any "free" market already
has constraints on it - little things like no theft, no slavery.
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