Posted on 07/03/2006 5:37:03 AM PDT by A. Pole
This is not true. I see plenty of space in public libraries and many books never read. Also I do not see huge crowds on free sidewalks. Air is still plentiful.
Thank you, p. There are a few on this thread who just don't get it.
You're welcome.
Oh, they get it alright. The problem is, they AGREE with it.
I think it has more to do with Michigan's weight limits. Michigan allows heavier trucks than any of the other 49 states. The Teamsters union keeps saying that has nothing to do with the condition of our roads - they claim it is the winter weather that is so rough on the roads.
Funny thing is - I've driven in Ontario, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Their winter's are just as bad as ours, or even worse, yet they don't have the crumbling road problem that Michigan does. They also have lower weight limits. Coincidence? I think not.
The streets near my house that have very heavy truck traffic to and from the auto factories fall apart months after they have been repaved. Roads that have no heavy truck traffic seem to last for decades without repair. Coincidence? I think not.
The Teamsters union gives tons of money to politicians who make sure the weight limits aren't lowered. Coincidence? I think not.
Free market bump.
Red Meat Headline Alert.
Scary, aren't they? When America is gone, they'll wish they could get it back. Or maybe they won't.
BTW, you have a great FR HomePage!
You'd think the Teamsters would want lighter weight limits. This would mean more trucks and more potential Teamsters. The real winners in Michigan are the owners of those 48 wheelers.
I would say that anyone in the public sector is overpaid if they would make less in a free-market environment.
I'm always amazed at the power of threads like this to bring the Buchananites and the socialists out of the woodwork.
They most certainly are scary.
What's really shameful is they talk the crap they do, and tomorrow is our Independence Day.
Thank you about HP, still working on it. I'll have pictures on it soon.
Or so it seems.
Libraries are a poor analogy, and you know it. Americans, sadly, are much less interested in books that other entertainment mediums these days.
Also I do not see huge crowds on free sidewalks.
In the urban centers I visit, the sidewalks always seem very crowded to me.
On the subject of wages; I see no problem with toll collectors getting $20/hr if they can get it. Wages are in essence an agreement between the buyer (employer) and seller (employee) of a service for an agreed-upon price. If the seller can get more for their skill, more power to them. If the buyer can get the same service cheaper elsewhere, bully on them as well. It's where wages are dictated by external influences that I have a problem: The minimum wage, for one, keeps wages artificially high. On the other hand, the influx if illegal foreign labor keeps wages artificially low. This leads to what we see now: A continually shrinking middle class.
Of interest in follow-up to bsb's link:
The list of usual suspects:
http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/orgdisplay.asp?Org=CFR100
Of particular interest:
http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/gmdisplay.asp?Org=136066955
Conducting war on the wage earners of this country, are we now?
The automated toll collections methods such as EZ Pass are replacing actual toll collectors.
Now tell me the/your merits of featherbedding.
That is very true.
I asked a worker at Wal Marts where they had moved their children's books too and she said they hadn't been moved. I had her follow me over to the isle and pointed to the display. All there was there, was those books where you push different a buttons on the cover, and coloring books.
I asked her why was there was no selection in children's books, you know what she said? Kids don't read anymore like they used too.
I guess they thought it was a waste of space and took more than 2/3 of them out.
It was not analogy. It was direct test of your "rule that when a resource is given away for free, demand will swell to consume all available supply"
You're making way too much money, according to Alberta's child.
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