reply to post by TheAftermath
Time for a little lesson: while socialism proved to not work very well with real people being real people rather spectaculary (with berlin wall
falling and all) Free markets actually did the same, just not with as much trara.
Free markets only work when 2 assumptions are true:
Consumer can choose any good to satisfy his needs
Consumer has perfect information
In the real world those two just won't happen. Regulations are necessary.
Police/Firefighting/Medical actually are distinct from other markets that the consumer does not choose to be a consumer. He didn't choose to be
mugged. He didn't choose to have his house burnt down. He didn't choose to wake up with an inner ear infection. You can do some things to minimize
the risks of these things happening, but you can't chose to rather not get mugged.
But you seem to be so far away from the real world that you won't see that either.
But another thing: streets: do you own a car? Now, should folks who paid more for the streets (as in higher taxes) than you get to run over red
lights? Should you be obliged to get off the street in a traffic jam, so someone with a higher income tax can get to wherever they are going? (They
payed more than you. Good idea, yes?)