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Re: Time to play "I told you so!" by GRENDEL 08/14/2003, 11:08pm PDT
Mischief Liberatzi wrote:

Apparently even Bechtel's complaining about Haliburton's chokehold in Iraq. So much for the efficiency of free-market capitalism.

Let the rationalizations commence!
THE "free" IN "free-market capitalism" REFERS TO FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT INFLUENCE. THE GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATES IN THE MARKET ONLY PARTLY; IT CAN ACT IN THE MARKET, BUT DOESN'T ANSWER TO IT. ITS DECISIONS ARE MARKET-DISTORTING WITHOUT A PROFIT MOTIVE TO INFORM THEM. BY DEFINITION, HALLIBURTON'S SUCCESS HAS COME AT THE COST OF "free-market capitalism", NOT BECAUSE OF IT.
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Time to play "I told you so!" by Mischief Liberatzi 08/14/2003, 9:45pm PDT NEW
    Re: Time to play "I told you so!" by Lizard_King 08/14/2003, 10:51pm PDT NEW
    Re: Time to play "I told you so!" by GRENDEL 08/14/2003, 11:08pm PDT NEW
        That was my point. NT by Sarcastic Shai-hulud 08/15/2003, 11:24am PDT NEW
            SHIT. by GRENDEL 08/15/2003, 11:57am PDT NEW
                Re: SHIT. by Aeschylus 08/15/2003, 1:22pm PDT NEW
 
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