Question about the "Free Market" and RW talking points

[ComerPerro]

Lets see...

What is to blame for todays troubles?

The Big Three auto makers are struggling because of... Unions and the demands to provide adequate salaries, benifits, and health coverage.


Gas prices are high beacuse of... environmental regulations and restrictions imposed by the government, which were insisted upon by environmentalit wackos.


Health insurance is often unaffordable because of... frivilous lawsuits against doctors (driving up cost of malpractice insurance), frivilous lawsuits against drug companies (driving up the cost of medicine), and FDA restrictions.




Sure, that all sounds good, and fits the Republican point of view...


But I can't help but wonder.

If auto companies, drug companies, oil companies, and doctors can't practice in an ethical manner, can't produce a product that is safe and doesn't negatively impact the environment or the health of its users, and can't pay their employees a living wage and offer benifits, then do the people making the decisions really deserve to keep their job?

Essentially, if a product can't be safely and ethically produced, do those producing it deserve their extravagant salaries and benifit practices?


What's next? Will we hear Republicans and conservatives blame decilnes in meat packing and other food industries on the FDA, for requiring quality and health standards for all the food they sell?

If a restraunt closes, is it the fault of the health inspector?


I just sit back in amazement as these so-called proponents of Free Enterprise sit back and blame everyone except the CEO's when businesses fail or prices are inflated beyond all rational explaination...

[LSparkle]

1. Free does not equal FAIR

The "free market" isn't necessarily fair. What FDR tried to do was rescue capitalism by making it more FAIR through regulation. Thugs love to talk about the "magic of the market" -- well, how are those MAGICAL gas prices working for you? Is it right for an oil company CEO to receive $400M at the same time consumers are struggling to fill their tanks? IT'S NOT FAIR ... but the Thugs aren't about FAIRNESS; they want the law of the jungle to prevail. Not very CIVILIZED if you ask me.

[ComerPerro]

2. Well, yes, but according to the true believers

the free market is supposed to correct things like this

[LSparkle]

5. The market won't turn profit-hungry cheaters into "good people"

That's what regulation tries to do -- ensure that people can't succumb to their basest instincts (to lie, cheat or steal in order to "win"). It's ironic that the very people (Thugs) who say, "we trust YOU the people" to make the right decisions (as opposed to government/regulations that try to keep rampant greed in check) are the same ones who are probably crossing their fingers behind their backs and playing the rest of us for suckers as they twist the rules to benefit only them and their "ruling class" pals.

[adwon]

3. You know

If New Coke had come out last year and tanked, I suspect the GOP would have found a way to blame Clinton.

[ComerPerro]

4. LOL - Well, they had that Coke Zero and C2

and I don't think those did very well.

Probably has to do with Clinton and environmentalists.