Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UA1VM!JWALES3 From: JWALES3@UA1VM.BITNET (Jimbo) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics Subject: RE: At Long Last---A Little About ME... Message-ID: <90058.2217.JWALES3@UA1VM> Date: 27 Feb 90 22:17:07 GMT Sender: Forum for the Discussion of Politics Reply-To: Forum for the Discussion of Politics Lines: 51 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM.BITNET Gateway In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 27 Feb 90 10:03:00 EST from On Tue, 27 Feb 90 10:03:00 EST said: >A nicely stated tirade from R3LLS@AKRONVM. It's amusing to note that he >makes an assumption that somehow it's possible for him to make money without >stepping on other people's ability to do the same... >--andy perrin You are absolutely right, andy! He should know by now that since he is not living in a free capitalistic society, the most likely way for a person to make money is to use the government to take it from someone else. In order to get rich in America today, one of the first things you need is to make sure that your company is able to squash out competition from abroad by having the government impose a tax or quota of some sort. If you are in a big company, like an automaker, you better hope for greater regulation of auto companies to make sure that no one new can enter the market without investing millions of dollars in just satisfying the law. Another good way to get rich: get the government to pass laws which forbid workers to organize for more efficient negotiation. While you are at it, try and get the minimum wage raised so that you can find TONS of out of work poor black people, who will be damn glad to get a job! Or, if you work for a defense contractor, be sure to support wars against countries that the average American couldn't find on a map. One other possibility is to be a banker, and loan tons of money to third world countries, THEN support the war on drugs to drive up the prices, so that these countries can pay that money back, at high interest rates. Oh, but the greatest scams are just now being thought up. If you are a big brokerage house, try and get program trading outlawed so that markets are inefficient enough that you can make arbitrage profits at no risk. AT ALL COSTS support legislation which makes it harder for small companies to raise money without your help. And so on... Larry is foolish to think that his making of money will not affect anyone else! The making of money THESE days depends heavily on making sure the government helps you steal it efficiently. --Jimbo p.s. Who was it who said that we Libertarians only care about making sure no poor people get their hands on our hard earned cash?