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The operation of the free market IS public policy.
Tom Brosz — (archived)

The fact that the mechanisms are so damn hard to get people to understand is part of the problem.

I was describing independent experts. Just ones that are part of the market process and competition, not necessarily a government monopoly.

The examples of the corruption of government entities that are supposed to inspect our products (never mind government corruption in general) should be a clue that simply being "elected" is not the be-all and end-all of accountability. The experts are themselves corruptable, and have axes to grind, as I showed with just one example.

How many government employees that we trust with our lives and safety are actually elected in the first place? Who are the bureaucrats accountable to? What are their motives? How hard is it to fire them?

Good God, do you honestly think Bush invented government corruption? That electing "your guys" would change anything except a few of the targets of the lobby/government circle jerks?

Remember all the corporate scandals a few years back? What administration did the Enron scandal begin under? What administrations of either party did NOT have such corporate or government scandals?

More importantly, what other alternatives are we given for their performance?

Who might really be the naive one here?

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