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I think it was a line from the West Wing that said "if the gov't was solely in charge of curing polio, today we'd have a $3 million iron lung"

Posted by Agent.Vermin (aka Dr.Vermin) Dec 8 '09, 12:18

So yes, *to a degree* I expect the gov't to sit back and let the market do its thing. I missed the vote where the gov't was put in charge of climate control, or in throwing around taxpayer money to anything they decide is 'a good idea'
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If business was solely in charge of curing polio, we'd have a $10 million iron lung and a free rock that wards off evil spirits. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:46 4
- Tell me more about this free rock :) -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 12:47 2
  - it's quartzite and vibrates on the same frequency as the evil spirits, thus scaring them away. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:48 1
    - Genius. -- nm - Loyola Dec 8, 12:48
- (oh, and an incentivized payment plan for the 10 million dollars, of course) -- nm - Beryllium Dec 8, 12:47
re: "throwing around taxpayer money" see US Constitution, Article 2, Section 8 - znufrii Dec 8, 12:26 6
- sorry, Article 1, not 2. -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:31 5
  - Fair point. - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:44 4
    - doubtless. :) -- nm - znufrii Dec 8, 12:51 3
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        Of *course* it is. How you define 'general welfare' depends solely on value judgements. -- nm - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:59 1
        
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the government's in charge of climate control because business has proved itself largely unwilling to do anything about it. - mafic Dec 8, 12:22 4
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  - The problem with a totally free market arises when the incentives are incorrect or people do not act rationally. - pmb Dec 8, 12:29 2
    - I don't disagree. - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:46
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- IM: You ignore that I said "over" instead of "instead of". ;) - Agent.Vermin Dec 8, 12:41 1
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