Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:203 talk.politics.misc:32927 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,talk.politics.misc Subject: Re: reinventing the wheel (was Re: Software Tax: how and why?) Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 89 20:19:46 GMT References: <8908241902.AA02325@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu Followup-To: talk.politics.misc Organization: Clarkson University, Postdam NY Lines: 20 In-reply-to: jim@THRUSH.STANFORD.EDU's message of 24 Aug 89 18:59:44 GMT In article <8908241902.AA02325@cheops.cis.ohio-state.edu> jim@THRUSH.STANFORD.EDU (Jim Helman) writes: Government usually screws up when it allocates resources for problems where the solutions are not completely apparent, and frequently even when they are. (You can tell, I'm no socialist.) This carries with it the implication that government ownership (i.e. socialism) carries with it the abandonment of free market principles. This is incorrect, as there are examples of socialism that place certain constraints on the free market[1]. The market is then free to seek its own level. This is the complete reverse of total government planning (read "straw man"). [1] This sounds contradictory. However, any "free" market already has constraints on it - little things like no theft, no slavery. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu])|(70441.205@compuserve.com)| (Russ.Nelson@f360.n260.z1.fidonet.org)|(BH01@GEnie.com :-)