On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 12:15:03 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

> this is why i find libertarians so tiresome. my question is 'without the
> government, how many deaths must be associated with a product before you
> hear about it and punish the producer via the invisible hand?'

I know there's a delicate balance; but I want more government
regulation not less. In the USA, "free market" just means "take it to
China to be manufactured as cheaply as possible" and cheap doesn't
just mean "inexpensive", it means "shoddy" too. So the big question
for business in these virtually unregulated times of a "free market
economy" is to figure out how shoddy a product they can get away with
selling to the public or other businesses (which include our
government & military) at a certain price point.

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I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila