[MD] The American Ruling Class

[plattholden at gmail.com]

On 12 Dec 2009 at 10:23, khaledsa wrote:

> [Platt]
> > I wonder if your favorite cereal is available for purchase on the 
> > internet?
> 
> Sure it is, with shipping costing as much as the product.

If you bought it by the case? I buy furnace filters that way.

 
> But Platt, you don't see anything wrong with the big serial or soda
> company tactics to kill the free market with their bribes and business
> friendly government regulations.

It takes two to bribe. So in case of your grocer, he can refuse the bribe. 
But with government regulations he doesn't have a choice. To me that's 
a huge difference, better known as liberty vs tyranny. 

> Meanwhile, the Internet providers are trying to find more way to tax
> every single business transaction that goes through their system.

I haven't noticed Time Warner, my internet provider, adding a fee to my 
internet purchases. In fact, many of my purchases avoid state and local 
tax, much to those government's chagrin. Considering the general poor 
level of the services they provide (potholes in the streets, lousy school 
systems) I have no compunction using every legal way to avoid their 
involuntary levies.

But again, the free market isn't perfect. It's just much better than the 
alternatives. 

Platt