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i don't mind some gov regulation and trustbusting and all that happiness. I just shouldn't be compelled to pay for something that someone else didn't earn. back in the day businesses did get away with too much crap. but the economy is always based on consumer confidence, and if the gov had shot a wad of money into the mix, inflation would have made it all worthless. germany pre world war two is a perfect example. in reality, the prez has so little to do with the economy, except as far as confidence goes. the repubs buy votes by giving people their tax money back. dems buy votes by giving the money away as some kind of unearned benifit or entitlement. it's all bullshit. but for you to take some kind of self righteous stance, talking about lassez faire as the cause of the french revolution. economics played in but the real reason was bad government and law. In addition to economic differences, early modern French society was legally stratified by birth. Its three traditional divisions were the clergy, the nobility, and the common people. this legally stifled economic growth and the sense of self worth and equality in a class that had had it with the fancy boys. this is the same kind of thing we see in india today. in america, the removal of social restrictions allows anyone to succeed. so you can take the two french words you happened to learn while you weren't sleeping in remedial classes in high school and play them some where else.
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