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    Default Re: "How to Save the Republican Party"

    Quote Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny View Post
    The problem with that is the "market" is itself an incentive to seek, obtain and defend monopoly power. Without government regulation and intervention, the "market" actually strives to stifle competition.
    I agree, as I had stated before. People are also driven to rob and kill and enslave others. They need regulation to keep them from doing this to one another. Government has a role and that is to maximally protect the rights of individuals from dissolution by others (including government). I believe that the governments role beyond this should be localized to the greatest extent possible.
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