01-02-2019, 09:22 PM
(01-01-2019, 09:50 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Did I say that I was a systematic leftist?If you were a banker or business owner who ignored the existence American laws that are in place and imposed your own law instead, how long do you think you would be able to remain in business legally and remain afloat financially?
Market economics is generally a good idea at prevents such follies as raising pigs as pork to feed pigs. The Second Law of Thermodynamics applies as much to economics as it does to physics and chemistry.Incentives work, and anyone who disparages consumerism as base ignores that material reality exists. Everything has a price tag.
It is sheer folly to expect businesses to make business transactions harmful to themselves. Were I a banker I would not want to let people buy massacre weapons on credit cards that my bank issues.