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Originally Posted by Archaea
what causes you to trust government to do it well and in a beneficial manner?
This applies to all of those left of the centerline median. Apparently, you believe a centrally controlled economy is better than a market driven economy. Of course, I would debate you until the cows come home, and use one example.
While China experienced a centrally controlled and dictated economy, it was an ecnomic failure. Only after Deng XioPing implementd free marketstyle reforms did its economy improve and produce sufficient for its peoples. Most of its current problems involve growing too quickly and unwise government controls.
Why do you trust government to do anything it has never done on a large scale in the known history of the world?
What makes you think, maybe next time the morons in government will get it right?
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I would also say that China's market is FAR from free. Their market is much more regulated than ours, and they are still thriving. They do all kinds of nutty economic things with their currency, etc.
Too much freedom is also a bad thing (e.g. the roaring 20s and the great depression).