Quote:Here's the difference when the free market lies you can protest them by not purchasing their products. You can have the member of the board replace the CEO that is stealing or lying. Competition will snuff out a company that is making bad products and lying about it.

 

When Government is in charge there is no competition, there is no withholding your support and sending your money else where, there is no board replacing them, and it's all at the threat of force that you must participate.

 

That's the difference, in the free market I can choose to go without a product or service, I'm not allowed to choose to go without government.

 

What happens when these businesses get together and conspire against you? You may "choose" to ride your bicycle when gas prices are too high, but the companies that you haven't considered are still using them. What will you do when all of the water companies get together and charge too much for water? Even if you find a way to survive, the cost of everything you use will increase too. You aren't "choosing" when everyone works together, and there's no reason to believe that they wont do that.

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