ignatov
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Try starting a business with no regard for making profits.
Go on.
Oh, wait, that's right; you think the gov't is going to create a business for you and provide your customers for you.
Wow, way to knock down that straw man you just constructed. It just fell right over, didn't it?
And no, conservatives do NOT believe in laisse faire.
And Christians don't believe in God.
It creates an environment for fraud and waste. For markets to be truly free and fair the terms of the transaction have to be defined.
For example, if 2 men agree to the sale of 10 pounds of flour for a dollar the government is within its proper role of defining what constitutes the terms "pound" and "flour" and "dollar". In practical terms that means the weight has a set example (the US government actually retains such things) and flour can be defined by its ingredients and grind (thus, say, cutting it with chalk dust would constitute fraud) and the dollar is the medium of economic activity.
Not only do conservatives agree with such things these things are enumerated in the Constitution. Did you know that?
Yes, I agree. Government should regulate markets, because individuals can't be trusted. Welcome to the Democratic Party.