[ARCADIA]

And when they go out of business and people lose their jobs then you complain about that too.

I have never had a problem with the free market; so long as that market either operates within our borders, or plays on a level playing field. These corporate megaliths that you like to worship consume a lot of breathing room. If they go out of business, someone else will simply buy their assets and continue anew. It is no skin off the employees back, or loss to our tax base, as long as whatever replaces it lives within our borders. If new robots cost you a job, then go work for the guy making the robots. If new applications replace your position; then go help them administer the marketing of that application, or help others who are gaining market share due to the savings created by the innovation. A self contained system will continue to produce wealth, and innovation. What we have now wastes resources on reckless exploitation (read externatilies) and fraud.

[Toddsterpatriot]

I have never had a problem with the free market; so long as that market either operates within our borders, or plays on a level playing field.

Yeah, there are a whole lot of level playing fields out there. As a previous post on this thread mentioned, 50% of Americans are below the median IQ. How do you level their playing field?

Life is unfair, how do you level that?