[MD] The End of Faith - Spirituality

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[chris]
> the Guys that had been sitting in cafes in Paris discussing how they could
> create the perfect society of only they got the chance - they got the 
> chance and they tried their ideas...
> I was referring to Washington and Jefferson.

As you guessed from my guillotine comment, I originally thought you were
referring to Robespierre.
The Americans in Paris were Ben Franklin (not Washington) & Jefferson.
Washington, a great general & political leader, was not known as a thinker
or writer.  He was not involved in the creation of the Declaration of Independence
or U. S. Constitution.

[chris]
> Mr Smith's economic ideas are praised by so-called liberals all over
> the world as the perfect ideas for a free market.

[chris]
> I really don't think that you will find many that would say that the 
> model proposed by Smith is a very good idea

These 2 statements together imply that there are not many so-called liberals
in the world.  This seems dubious.  There are many people who support
free markets.

[Craig, previously]
> The free market allocates profits in proportion that they are earned.
> The humanitarian use of those profits is not part of the free market.
> That is up to the profiteer.

Through their economic activity in a free market, some people make a profit,
some people break even & some lose.  Those who lose are in need of charity.
Charity is not dispensed by the free market itself, but must come from those
who have made a profit.

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence & The Wealth of Nations were written.
Coincidence? 
Craig