Comment Re:He may have his reasons... (Score 1) 327
I think that the day that we allow the government to keep a perfectly safe product from shipping is the day that we have finally undermined all our principles of capitalism and the free market.
Absolute nonsense...
The assumption that the only 'real' free market economent is a laissez faire economy is complete rubbish. The capitalist economic ideal is not the maximization of profit but the efficient use of resources. Government intervention has often stifled such efficient use, but that in no way implies that every form of government intervention runs contrary to the ideals of capitalism. Anti trust legislation is a perfect example of this in action. Yes, it is intervention. Yet it is a form of intervention that keeps the market moving in its desired direction (away from monopoly, closer toward perfect competition). In an economic (not a corporate) context, individual profits are certainly not held above the efficient operations of the market.
Absolute nonsense...
The assumption that the only 'real' free market economent is a laissez faire economy is complete rubbish. The capitalist economic ideal is not the maximization of profit but the efficient use of resources. Government intervention has often stifled such efficient use, but that in no way implies that every form of government intervention runs contrary to the ideals of capitalism. Anti trust legislation is a perfect example of this in action. Yes, it is intervention. Yet it is a form of intervention that keeps the market moving in its desired direction (away from monopoly, closer toward perfect competition). In an economic (not a corporate) context, individual profits are certainly not held above the efficient operations of the market.
