Kurt Ullman wrote:
> In article ,
>  "John W. Kennedy"  wrote:
>> There is a vast difference between desiring a government to act toward 
>> the end of fixing a problem, on the one hand, and assuming some vague 
>> "spirit of free enterprise" will magically fix any
problem without even 
>> intending to, on the other. (It is as though the right wing somehow 
>> imagines, not only that Hari Seldon is real, but that he has worked out 
>> all the equations and given his blessing to the capitalist side.)

>        Not really. Both are largely articles of faith.

"We are to assume the existence of Free-Will?" I said, in order to have 
that point made quite clear.

"If not," was the quiet reply, "/cadit/ /quaestio/: and I
have no more 
to say."
           -- Lewis Carroll, "Sylvie and Bruno Concluded"

>> If free enterprise had the magical powers frequently ascribed to it, we 
>> would all be running computers with decent operating systems, most 
>> prime-time television would at least approach the quality of "Babylon 
>> 5", and an engineering degree would be a strong predictor of a better 
>> income than an MBA.

>          Well that explains that.

I think so, yes.


-- 
John W. Kennedy
"...when you're trying to build a house of cards, the last thing you 
should do is blow hard and wave your hands like a madman."
   --  Rupert Goodwins
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