Robert Reich explains the "Free Market" in a nutshell.

Exactly. Thus the question.... should we allow corporations that hold large market shares, like microsoft, and apple,... to have closed proprietary architectures.

allow?? in a free country you don't create a lib Nazi gestapo to prevent free people from making, selling, and buying what they want. If you have something against Apple don't buy their stuff and persuade others to do the same, but don't turn to liberal violence. Violence is always the liberal way.
 
Exactly. Thus the question.... should we allow corporations that hold large market shares, like microsoft, and apple,... to have closed proprietary architectures.

allow?? in a free country you don't create a lib Nazi gestapo to prevent free people from making, selling, and buying what they want. If you have something against Apple don't buy their stuff and persuade others to do the same, but don't turn to liberal violence. Violence is always the liberal way.
Splitting up monopolies, and anti-monopoly regulation is a necessary part of all free market systems. As for your nazi card... lol you loose biatch.
 
Splitting up monopolies, and anti-monopoly regulation is a necessary part of all free market systems. .

dear, its almost impossible to get a monopoly under capitalism let alone a bad monopoly which of course explains why there are no examples despite 40 million companies in America . You were brainwashed by Marx but don't know it. Come on give us all the example????
 
Splitting up monopolies, and anti-monopoly regulation is a necessary part of all free market systems. .

dear, its almost impossible to get a monopoly under capitalism let alone a bad monopoly which of course explains why there are no examples despite 40 million companies in America . You were brainwashed by Marx but don't know it. Come on give us all the example????

What?

Are you serious?


A History Of U.S. Monopolies
 
Splitting up monopolies, and anti-monopoly regulation is a necessary part of all free market systems. .

dear, its almost impossible to get a monopoly under capitalism let alone a bad monopoly which of course explains why there are no examples despite 40 million companies in America . You were brainwashed by Marx but don't know it. Come on give us all the example????

What?

Are you serious?


A History Of U.S. Monopolies
dear, its almost impossible to get a monopoly under capitalism let alone a bad monopoly which of course explains why there are no examples despite 40 million companies in America . You were brainwashed by Marx but don't know it.

Come on give us the best example or admit you lack the IQ to be here?????
 
This is a pretty concise high level talk about the "Free Market".




Yes, it is. What do you suppose he's high on exactly?


Power, mostly. Putting government in charge of our economic decisions will be worse than letting them control religion.

the power to regulate commerce is clearly delegated in our federal Constitution


interstate commerce, not "the economy"


Well yeah, it is.
 
And it seems you don't understand the scope of legislative powers, pertinent to the economy..

This is what the Constitution actually provides:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;


Article I | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute


All of that is germane when dealing with the economy.
 
And it seems you don't understand the scope of legislative powers, pertinent to the economy..

This is what the Constitution actually provides:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;


Article I | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute


All of that is germane when dealing with the economy.

Quoting the Constitution is fine, but it all comes down to the values and ambitions of those interpreting it. If you want the commerce clause to mean that government has unlimited power to dictate our economic decisions, and you can get Congress and the Court to agree with you, then that's what it means.

The real question is, what do we want it to mean, and why?
 
Under capitalism the govt in[sic] not involved in business...

Really?

Says who?

dear, under socialism, crony capitalism, and crony socialism govt is heavily involved in business, under capitalism there is little involvement.

Do you have the IQ to understand?
progress


Special Ed has gone from 'no involvement' to 'little involvement'

It's a miracle! Hallelujah!


as always Dantee, a typical liberal, lacks IQ for substance. Ever see a conservative afraid of a debate. What does that teach you?? A liberal is foul and violent and he is right and has no need to debate.

Ever see a conservative afraid of a debate.

You. Tell me about the Fed. LOL!
 
This is a pretty concise high level talk about the "Free Market".




Yes, it is. What do you suppose he's high on exactly?


Power, mostly. Putting government in charge of our economic decisions will be worse than letting them control religion.

the power to regulate commerce is clearly delegated in our federal Constitution


interstate commerce, not "the economy"


Well yeah, it is.


Intrastate commerce is not part of the economy?
 
This is a pretty concise high level talk about the "Free Market".




Yes, it is. What do you suppose he's high on exactly?


Power, mostly. Putting government in charge of our economic decisions will be worse than letting them control religion.

the power to regulate commerce is clearly delegated in our federal Constitution


interstate commerce, not "the economy"

dear, Commerce among the several United States is the economy.
 
This is a pretty concise high level talk about the "Free Market".




Yes, it is. What do you suppose he's high on exactly?


Power, mostly. Putting government in charge of our economic decisions will be worse than letting them control religion.

the power to regulate commerce is clearly delegated in our federal Constitution


interstate commerce, not "the economy"

dear, Commerce among the several United States is the economy.


the Commerce Clause was primarily designed to encourage free trade among the states after it had largely disappeared under the Articles.

Do you understand?
 
And it seems you don't understand the scope of legislative powers, pertinent to the economy..

This is what the Constitution actually provides:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;


Article I | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute


All of that is germane when dealing with the economy.

Quoting the Constitution is fine, but it all comes down to the values and ambitions of those interpreting it. If you want the commerce clause to mean that government has unlimited power to dictate our economic decisions, and you can get Congress and the Court to agree with you, then that's what it means.

The real question is, what do we want it to mean, and why?

There's ALOT more than just the "commerce clause" in the sections I just posted.

It's in English as well.
 
And it seems you don't understand the scope of legislative powers, pertinent to the economy..

This is what the Constitution actually provides:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;

To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

To establish post offices and post roads;

To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;


Article I | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute


All of that is germane when dealing with the economy.

Quoting the Constitution is fine, but it all comes down to the values and ambitions of those interpreting it. If you want the commerce clause to mean that government has unlimited power to dictate our economic decisions, and you can get Congress and the Court to agree with you, then that's what it means.

The real question is, what do we want it to mean, and why?

There's ALOT more than just the "commerce clause" in the sections I just posted.

It's in English as well.

The Commerce Clause was our Founders primary statement about economics and it was a statement about freedom and capitalism. You might even say it was the main reason why the Constitution was superior to the Articles of Confederation. So yes, the Constitution created a more powerful, but still ( by today's standards) a very very tiny and weak central govt. Moreover, its new strength was to be used to prevent liberal govt (i.e., weaken govt) from restricting natural, voluntary and peaceful trade between free and consenting individuals and corporations.
 

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