[CSM]

"You have a problem that the market creates large companies that have disproportionate sway over laws and regulations. Unfortunately, that is the free market at work."

As soon as a market can be controlled with laws and regulations, allowing for one company to be successful over another, then we no longer have a free market. We end up with a government controlled market. What would a government controlled market be, except for say......satisfying to you. It would be a let's see, hmmm..............a communistic government or a socialistic government.

Why do you never directly answer the questions that I post to you?

[Madame Dufarge]

Why do you never directly answer the questions that I post to you?

Because he's the quintessential Gnatzie.

I believe he was the inspiration for Flurry's coining of the word "Gnatzies."

[VRWC_minion]

As soon as a market can be controlled with laws and regulations, allowing for one company to be successful over another, then we no longer have a free market.

You are correct, theoretically there is no such thing as a free market because business relies on gov't and gov't relies on business in a unholy alliance.

For example, in my state package stores are closed on Sundays and after 8. The owners in these stores are against any increase in hours while the chains want to increase hours. The mom and pop shop manages to keep the chains at bay for now.

They are using the laws to protect themselves from having to increase the hours they work.