One of the statements in our mission statement is...to advance and defend God given liberty...by promoting free markets...
So, the question popped up: What is a free market? And are there any free markets in the world? Thanks
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One of the statements in our mission statement is...to advance and defend God given liberty...by promoting free markets...
So, the question popped up: What is a free market? And are there any free markets in the world? Thanks
No government interference, period.
Buyer beware.
Who is "our"?Quote:
Originally Posted by dmatic
O.W.
Our local Tea Party Patriot group.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar Wilde
By interference, do you mean price controls and regulations, or even the assurance of honesty and enforcement of just weights and measures as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by Samuel Adams
In the simplest sense, it is an economy in which the government does not set prices and wages. But since all governments regulate in ways that affect price and wages, it is aspirational rather than absolute. This is similar to the concept of freedom in general. Having a government that makes rules is in direct opposition to freedom, but we trade away a certain amount of freedom for safety and stability.
Buyer beware.
Otherwise there is no free market.
True Liberty is a double-edged sword, and most, by far, really don’t care for it.
Buyer beware? SELLER beware too.
Around here you see the free market peeking out from under the rubble of the government controlled economy in various ways. A lot of "illegal" food trucks parked on the road around payday as someone tries to make a little money, or the fishermen sell their catch on the side of the road in front of their houses.
I never go to one of those food stands the first time I see it. I want it to know it's been in place for awhile and plenty of other people are eating there too. Why? Because if they were selling bad food nobody would stand for it. The answer to getting food poisoning or finding out you've been eating dog meat wouldn't be, "I'm going to report you to the government" but instead it would be losing some teeth when the angry public catches up to you.
More often than not the government protects bad businesses from the people they've screwed over. I don't know exactly what a free market looks like since they haven't existed in the United States since before I was born. But I have seen glimpses of what markets look like outside of government control and I tend to prefer those.
Ah ... a great marketing jingle. Sounds good but I don't believe ya'll'd be the first to try 'n hang your hat on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmatic
Liberty, "free market", same same and baring strong arm imposition are naturally occurring phenomena.Quote:
Originally Posted by dmatic
Somehow, someway, someone convinced a significantly larger portion of peepses to surrender the fruits of their labor to further empower that someone ... little girls can't sell cookies or lemonade on the sidewalk in front of their homes without storm troopers showin up to demand permit. Ya got your work cut out for ya.
O.W.
Allowing cheating is alright? At am minimum, I'd be cool with enough careful government supervision to avoid the corruption of weights and measures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samuel Adams
Supervision of the government too. I favor enough government control that would prevent most of us becoming serfs.