we are using the Soviet Model

There remains a small -atheistic-or-Other/Wise- prayer that the Magic Correction Tool: [1] Impeachment, may yet be fired up.

I concede that this is a looonngg shot, given the present and smug anti-Intelligence milieu -- still (no Pollyanna, moi) -- it appears at least as likely as our stealing the Coronation Rite from youenses, just yet.

I could be Wrong; I often am, usually whenever I expect some semblance of sane activity in this foundering Wasteland.. as evidenced,

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses."

"Most of our imports come from overseas."
--George W. Bush

(And, just *NOW* ... ..."We'll never give in until Total Victory")
See [1]

Some quotes may illustrate why.

...you can\ufffdt command an economy...in the end, you can\ufffdt make the economy perform in a way that serves the people unless you let market forces work.

Not just the Soviets had to learn this. Authoritarian regimes from the beginning of time have attempted to defy the laws of economics, step on the interests of the merchant class, control and redirect the wishes of consumers and entrepreneurs, bend and kick prices and wages this way and that, and inhibit trade in every way. But they cannot finally overpower the driving desire on the part of people to control their own fate and not be subject to the slavery that is collectivism of all colors, whether red or brown.

...they have far less information than the body of knowledge generated by the signaling process of the market economy and the private sector.

This isn\ufffdt a matter of character. It is a matter of the maze in which you find yourself, with market-generated exit signs, or none at all, thanks to the government.

Just imagine if the town were private like your home or car. Insurance companies would have taken a huge role in risk assessment, not only charging more for higher risk but insisting on management strategies that reduce risk and rewarding those who adopt those strategies with better premiums. This works on the same principles as your homeowners\ufffd insurance, which combines rules and incentives to reduce the likelihood of losses.

I could go on, but I think that I've made my point - the whole article is laced with references to the idea that free markets do things better than governments, and government interference is always bad. Therefore it was obvious to me what his proposed alternate solution is.

Cheers,
Ben

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