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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 937750" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>You're right, a perfect system will never exist. But neither will a Libertarian political system, because it requires a much different market than the one we have now. I don't hate competition, just unfair competition, and "hatred of competition" isn't my political viewpoint. </p><p></p><p>I love to hear Libertarians banter about the "perfection" of the market mechanism while they simultaneously support Republican pro-business policies that actually make it less free. Every time some company gets a tax dodge or a subsidy, the market gets more restrictive, and it makes it increasingly difficult for competitors to sell whatever it is they are offering. </p><p></p><p>What if I had a pile of money from a bunch of my venture capitalist buddies and wanted to start-up a hypothetical overnight delivery company called Confederate Express? Given Mr Smith's special deals, the barriers to entry would be prohibitive, and our company would fail. If he didn't have all of those advantages, my company could offer a competitive service at possibly lower prices. This would benefit shippers and provide new jobs. I'd also have to buy new airplanes and thousands of vehicles, further pumping money into the economy. Maybe UPS and FedEx would lose market share and have to lay people off, but the new jobs my company created would fill the void. Market forces would balance it all out.</p><p></p><p>That would be the "free market" working the way it's supposed to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 937750, member: 12508"] You're right, a perfect system will never exist. But neither will a Libertarian political system, because it requires a much different market than the one we have now. I don't hate competition, just unfair competition, and "hatred of competition" isn't my political viewpoint. I love to hear Libertarians banter about the "perfection" of the market mechanism while they simultaneously support Republican pro-business policies that actually make it less free. Every time some company gets a tax dodge or a subsidy, the market gets more restrictive, and it makes it increasingly difficult for competitors to sell whatever it is they are offering. What if I had a pile of money from a bunch of my venture capitalist buddies and wanted to start-up a hypothetical overnight delivery company called Confederate Express? Given Mr Smith's special deals, the barriers to entry would be prohibitive, and our company would fail. If he didn't have all of those advantages, my company could offer a competitive service at possibly lower prices. This would benefit shippers and provide new jobs. I'd also have to buy new airplanes and thousands of vehicles, further pumping money into the economy. Maybe UPS and FedEx would lose market share and have to lay people off, but the new jobs my company created would fill the void. Market forces would balance it all out. That would be the "free market" working the way it's supposed to. [/QUOTE]
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