(September 21, 2013 at 8:32 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Wonderfully on-topic ChadJust pointing out a double-standard.
As a moderate libertarian, I recognize that government intervention in the marketplace, as a general rule, distorts the market in favor of those already in power by encouraging collusion between political insiders and large economic players.
While it is easy to point out the struggles and hardships that afflict the lower classes, it is not so easy to recognize how regulatory burdens and taxes produce an overall increase in the cost of goods and services. These buried costs disproportionately burden those that can least afford it.