[kittykat77]

On top of the direct excise taxes on the wine, there are taxes paid by the farmers, winemakers, manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and shippers, retailers, warehouses. To be more specific, out of what the consumer pays, the producers and sellers must pay federal income taxes, state income taxes, federal payroll taxes, unemployment insurance taxes, workmen’s compensation taxes, state franchise taxes, local property taxes and any local income taxes.

Isn't this what's called an economy? I mean, these producers and sellers need roads in order to ship their products. The stores enjoy having local fire and police departments around in case of trouble. Unemployment insurance enables the unemployed to buy turkeys. And a whole bunch of federal taxes enable us to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda so that Sharia law isn't inplemented in the US and we can actually drink those five bottles of modestly priced wine with our feast.

[EBH]

Nope, not in any economic definition I’ve seen:

market economy

A system of allocating resources based only on the interaction of market forces, such as supply and demand. A true market economy is free of governmental influence, collusion and other external interference.