Apologies for hurtling further off-topic with this, but this has been
bugging me.....
>Someone wrote:
>"The most effective tool to address the various negative impacts of
>competition driving production costs down to the lowest common denominator
>is regulation and enforcement. .......
>ultimately voluntary programs are not sufficient because low price outweighs
>consumer concerns--one physically can't educate one's self about even a
>fraction of the environmental and moral aspects of one's purchases. And some
>(read most) consumers want the lowest possible price even knowing the issues
>involved because they don't believe that their own behavior makes any
>difference.
I prefer to make my OWN choices, thank you very much. The last thing
in the world I want is someone else, much less a petty government
bureaucrat or idealogue, making my moral and economic choices for me,
or limiting my choices. I can't think of a single person on this
planet to whom I would delegate the authority to make moral and
economic decisions on my behalf. When I was a little boy my mother
and father guided me in making my decisions. Now, as an adult, I do
it myself and live with the consequences.
I too have many ideas and standards which I think everyone else
should follow. The world would be wonderful if everyone did what I
said. I'm not about to suggest that other people be forced to follow
those ideas.
Tom Amlie
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