tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post536721901982811493..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: A Primer On CapitalismAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15683629048490078492010-05-25T00:42:40.883-04:002010-05-25T00:42:40.883-04:00Individualist, Good point. Despite the supposed &...Individualist, Good point. Despite the supposed "free market" period we've been in, we really haven't. Since the mid-1990s, right after 1994, everything has been creeping toward greater regulation. And you're right, we now regulate things that should never be regulated.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-39847867511259375892010-05-24T22:34:40.582-04:002010-05-24T22:34:40.582-04:00We have so construed our economy with regulation t...We have so construed our economy with regulation that goes beyond setting controlling "market failures" to regulation that just plain controls the "market" that I doubt anything done since 1990 can be construed as the results of a "free market".<br /><br />Today when the left says anything with the word "market" in it the first thing I have to ask is "What the H are you B going to tax now"Individualisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11005025873042230314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-51874894467414723432010-05-24T20:26:39.831-04:002010-05-24T20:26:39.831-04:00Stan, I get the feeling they're just using the...Stan, I get the feeling they're just using these words whenever they need cover. I don't think they even care what they mean, except that they know other people seem to like them.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25602221377978627622010-05-24T20:25:33.836-04:002010-05-24T20:25:33.836-04:00Ponderosa, They definitely rely on confusion! I t...Ponderosa, They definitely rely on confusion! I think it's because they have nothing else to offer. The truth gets people slamming doors in their faces.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-54823504852051372282010-05-24T20:24:05.377-04:002010-05-24T20:24:05.377-04:00Patti, that would be a great law, but you know the...Patti, that would be a great law, but you know the left would scream bloody murder!AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43173706241490405622010-05-24T10:18:07.889-04:002010-05-24T10:18:07.889-04:00Capitalism is a catch phrase of the left. There un...Capitalism is a catch phrase of the left. There understanding is what they’ve read in a book. Knowing this is empowerment of the masses and will lead to the downfall of the left, this is a good thing.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-78389609593108356802010-05-24T09:36:26.706-04:002010-05-24T09:36:26.706-04:00The left has a habit of changing the definitions o...The left has a habit of changing the definitions of words as it suits them whether it is a rhetorical flourish or a legal definition. <br /><br />Here in CO our “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” basically doesn’t allow for a tax increase without a vote. So the legislature changed a few items from taxes to fees – then raised them. Problem solved.<br /><br />They are liberals or progressives depending on the year. Even with liberal you still have to check – are you a liberal or a ‘classical liberal’. It doesn’t matter as long as there is confusion.<br /><br />It’s not lying – it is ‘poetic license’. lolPonderosahttp://scotchpundit.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-50406454922153010312010-05-24T09:24:17.558-04:002010-05-24T09:24:17.558-04:00perhaps there should be a new law that all elected...perhaps there should be a new law that all elected officals should have experience in either a) owned a business or b) operated a business. that could help straighten out things pronto. i'm sick of folks who have no real world experience telling those of us who do how things work.pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-89858138194890433352010-05-23T16:58:53.532-04:002010-05-23T16:58:53.532-04:00Joel, Mercantilism is very popular in many places,...Joel, Mercantilism is very popular in many places, including Europe and the Democratic Party. I think you make a good point.<br /><br />The one thing I would disagree with, however, is that I don't the Democrats are consciously mercantilistic. I think they favor statism and command economies, and they have simply learned to use the words of capitalism to dress up their discredited socialistic tendencies.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-91479782563943001932010-05-23T16:54:30.770-04:002010-05-23T16:54:30.770-04:00Andrew,
What I think is that Mercantilism is bein...Andrew,<br /><br />What I think is that Mercantilism is being confused with Capitalism. Mercantilism is where the State approves a company or a monopoly. Like the East India Company by Great Britain.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-20430053245621285772010-05-23T16:35:46.093-04:002010-05-23T16:35:46.093-04:00Thanks Lawhawk. I remember that. I remember when...Thanks Lawhawk. I remember that. I remember when they did their "de-regulation" that everyone warned them that they couldn't only do part of the market. But they didn't listen because they wanted to "help" the people. And, as with every free lunch, there was a heavy price to pay.<br /><br />As I understand it, California is so under-powered now that they face brown outs every year.<br /><br />I keep debating if liberals are just being stupid or intentionally deceitful? Probably both.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16613088551949557472010-05-23T16:18:32.414-04:002010-05-23T16:18:32.414-04:00Andrew: Excellent analysis. California produced ...Andrew: Excellent analysis. California produced its first huge financial crisis during the Gray Davis governorship. The energy industry went kablooey, and we had blackouts and rolling brownouts for months on end. And what did the liberals blame it on? De-regulation and capitalism.<br /><br />Except there was one minor flaw in their brilliant reasoning. We never got de-regulation. What we got was Democrat <i>re</i>-regulation. Posing as friends of the consumer, the liberals rigidly regulated retail prices to the consumer, while paying phony homage to the free market by de-regulating wholesale prices. It didn't take long before consumers were paying less for their energy than the companies that provided it. <br /><br />Instead of a slow but realistic increase in energy prices, we got energy cuts. Then, when something absolutely had to be done, the price controls were raised radically on the consumer prices, causing immense overnight energy bills that were two or three times what the consumers were used to. So, of course, to help out, the government raised taxes and fees to bail out both the consumers and the retailers.<br /><br />That's what happens across-the-boards when liberals impose socialist/statist controls and call it free enterprise.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.com