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To: SeekAndFind

Yawn. This old argument bores me. The market is not moral. It is a mechanism for distributing scarce goods efficiently. We get our morality elswhere.


2 posted on 10/08/2009 7:36:43 AM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Tublecane

Trade is a legitimate thing. The Bible calls for fair weights and fair measures, not for collectivizing a society.


3 posted on 10/08/2009 7:39:13 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (ACORN: Absolute Criminal Organization of Reprobate Nuisances)
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To: Tublecane

I want to see stories on how greedy government is.


7 posted on 10/08/2009 7:44:34 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: Tublecane

You are so right: Capitalism is not an “ism”, it requres
a democratic form of government to function.


12 posted on 10/08/2009 8:10:03 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: Tublecane
The market is not moral. It is a mechanism for distributing scarce goods efficiently.

But actors in the market are Moral. The interesting question is this --- is it the role of government to make laws to FORCE actors acting within the marketplace to ACT MORALLY?
14 posted on 10/08/2009 8:32:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind (wH)
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