Bowser, c'mon, that was pretty knee jerk, and unrealistically broad-brushed. The truth is somewhere in the middle, and what Tom and I were arguing was to what degree that natural tendency to cut corners in the name of greed is restrained by equally natural forces like cutthroat competition. And, sometimes, to be fair, an actual sense of ethics and responsibility.
When I argue the dangers of unchecked business, it's not because all business people will run riot if let off the leash, but because laissez-faire gives a fairly small number of rabid pit bulls license to cause enormous harm. The burden of regulation must necessarily fall equally on chihuaha and Doberman alike to avoid the corruption of preemptive law enforcement, which is why 'tis true that the innocent are unfairly burdened by government regulation, but there's not a damn thing to be done about that. Human nature needs to be fixed before you can do away with the need for cops.
But the need for cops is no grounds for calling the entire populace crooks.
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- Credit card "reform"
- Why stop at credit cards?
- Collusion, price fixing by CC companies?
- Any sympathy for those who have no alternative but to use their credit cards
- So the banks are gonna pout?
- Gun rights bill attached
- Oh yeah, that's terrible.
- I don't understand why...