It's hard to keep producers and consumers apart.
Posted by CircuitGuy 11 years, 2 months ago to Economics
Here's something for the people who I consider completely paranoid who think that the ACA or the fight over the ACA will end life as we know it.
With neither the ACA nor the budget battle is the gov't trying to stop willing people from trading. I think of the book "Reefer Madness", which explores three areas of the economy where the gov't does try to stop willing trading partners from trading: drugs, sex, and foreign labor. The gov't actions in these markets have been disastrous for those affected, BUT society goes on and the trade goes on. I'm not even sure if the gov't declaring out-and-out war on trading these things even puts a dent in it.
**A group of people with a need or want and something to trade and a group of people willing to provide that need or want are very difficult to keep separated. **
Even if the whole US gov't and banking/monetary system collapsed, within a few years something would take its place. People would be finding ways to meet one another's needs in trade-- first by barter, then by some foreign currencies, and then by a new gov't and monetary system. That would be horrible, but the economy would go on. The economy exists without regard to the gov't. So I find it absurd when people say something politicians are doing in Washington is going to stop them from serving their customers and buying the goods/services they want.
With neither the ACA nor the budget battle is the gov't trying to stop willing people from trading. I think of the book "Reefer Madness", which explores three areas of the economy where the gov't does try to stop willing trading partners from trading: drugs, sex, and foreign labor. The gov't actions in these markets have been disastrous for those affected, BUT society goes on and the trade goes on. I'm not even sure if the gov't declaring out-and-out war on trading these things even puts a dent in it.
**A group of people with a need or want and something to trade and a group of people willing to provide that need or want are very difficult to keep separated. **
Even if the whole US gov't and banking/monetary system collapsed, within a few years something would take its place. People would be finding ways to meet one another's needs in trade-- first by barter, then by some foreign currencies, and then by a new gov't and monetary system. That would be horrible, but the economy would go on. The economy exists without regard to the gov't. So I find it absurd when people say something politicians are doing in Washington is going to stop them from serving their customers and buying the goods/services they want.
Obamacare already HAS changed life as we know it. After Obamacare, America is no longer a land of individual liberty. It has been established that we are property of the government, and all of our liberties are subject to governmental approval.
It has been established that, for irrational reasons, and, more accurately, for the profit and power of a would-be ruling elite, we can be required by our government to purchase a product or service whether we wish to or not.
The government hasn't fought against the drug trade any more than its fought against the invasion by illegal aliens.
The federal government does not regulate the sex trade industry, but I'd be willing to bet that a lot more of the sex trade takes place in Nevada, where it's legal, than elsewhere.
There is a world of difference between putting a complete stop to an area of business and making it so dangerous to engage in that only the most unscrupulous will do so, and regulating business in general to the point that businessmen can no longer control their business.
And I'm so glad, Mr Troll, that you think the only concern of people here about overbearing government is the ability to trade for monetary purposes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLR3zGopz...
That was a lousy system. PPACA fixed that problem. They could have fixed it without PPACA, and I wish they had. I don't think PPACA is the best fix. It feels like (I'm not sure how true this is) a hodgepodge put together by lobbyists.
I wish we could have had a more market-based solution. I talked to my Democrats rep about this. She is a smart well-meaning person, but she couldn't get her mind around the idea of the gov't not solving the problem. I think she felt like she wouldn't be doing her job if Congress didn't come up with something to take care of people's healthcare.
Someone should be bringing up market reforms. Instead the critics are coming up with wild stories about the PPACA being the first step to total tyranny. This makes me sure PPACA, mostly in its current form, will be around for a long time.