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The common thread among every one of the above examples is that without govt intervention none of these were happening on a regular basis. Well except for denying people the right to vote. But that was the same government you admire so deeply doing that. Not the private sector.
The common thread is you left out the complete facts. The water company will sell water good enough to use, but they will, if allowed to do so charge monopoly prices. No need to speculate since this is what actually occurs.
Government has nothing to do with it. It is monopoly. Anytime you have a monopoly you want it public because you may at least vote as opposed to private monopolies.
The grocery store for example was a better point. There is no monopoly. Government protection in terms of regulation is less effective.
How many Farmers Markets feeds millions of people a day???
If farmers Markets sold unsafe food and people were getting sick, how would they find out.
What if the farmers Market dicided to continue to sale tainted food..according to Conservatists on this board. They should be free to do so.
They will go out of business of course. Common sense people, you need to use common sense.
Post one item that is an opinion that is attributed to me on this thread, and to make you look even more foolish, list one of yours and have me disprove it with "facts"???
You wrote: "The govt entity that keeps drinking water safe."
Here's an easy one. I grew up drinking government approved C8 water. It wasn't safe, even though your leaders at the government told me it was.
Actually they don't have that authority. It's the processor himself that shuts down after being told by the FDA/USDA their food is contaminated. And that is usually after a massive recall and hunt for source of pathogen.
How many mass recalls have you read about from Farmer Markets ?
How many Farmers Markets feeds millions of people a day???
If farmers Markets sold unsafe food and people were getting sick, how would they find out.
What if the farmers Market dicided to continue to sale tainted food..according to Conservatists on this board. They should be free to do so.
I made beef stock out of "dog bones" from the farmers market.
The common thread is you left out the complete facts. The water company will sell water good enough to use, but they will, if allowed to do so charge monopoly prices. No need to speculate since this is what actually occurs.
Government has nothing to do with it. It is monopoly. Anytime you have a monopoly you want it public because you may at least vote as opposed to private monopolies.
The grocery store for example was a better point. There is no monopoly. Government protection in terms of regulation is less effective.
It's impossible to have a monopoly without government protection.
Get govt out of the water business and you have no monopoly.
You said: "The govt entity that insures that the medicine your doctor prescribes won't kill you."
Vioxx, a dangerous painkiller drug that was pulled from the market in 2004 because taking the drug doubles a patient's risk of having a heart attack or stroke.
It's estimated 50-60,000 people died from taking this drug that was approved by your govt. entity.
Of course any medicine can kill you,if improperly used and prescribed. However the govt has mandated that you can not be given something prescribed as a medicine when it in effect has no medicinal or curative properties.
Govt mandates that the medicine given to you be of a dose and purity that is effective and govt mandates that a particular medicine be effective for the ailment you suffer.
It's nice to see you rale against the govt yet supply a link that shows it was govt
How many Farmers Markets feeds millions of people a day???
If farmers Markets sold unsafe food and people were getting sick, how would they find out.
What if the farmers Market dicided to continue to sale tainted food..according to Conservatists on this board. They should be free to do so.
Well they would open themselves up to a lawsuit.
They probably would lose the farm they spent years working on.
Even if they avoided all that no one would buy food from them again.
And you actually have to believe that farmers are sociopaths and want to kill people they don't know.
I would not hesitate to buy non-government inspected food from a farmer. I don't even care if he has a farming license.
If you're so paranoid that you think farmers are trying to kill you via cucumber poisoning maybe you should seek professional help. Or give up the narcotics.
That's the government. I thought you did not want government regulation.
I would also point out that its not that insane given what happened with baby food in China and wine in Austria where they added anti-freeze for body.
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