(November 12, 2014 at 12:36 am)Heywood Wrote: The rich and poor all get medicare, they all get social security, the all get access to public education, they all get military protection, they all get state department services, they all get access to the highway system. If anything the poor get more cause they get access to the ragbag of goverment safetynet programs. The truth is the rich and poor are basically at the same bar drinking the same beer. That counter argument is not compelling.
So, after all your blustering you agree that the government is required to give the poor some semblancce of benefit? Could you possibly imagine what the poor would be like if it weren't for the government wasting resources on 'ragbag of safetynet programs'?
Since you've already proven yourself to be an economic dimwit, allow me to use the socratic method...
If laissez-faire capitalism is so great, why does Wal-mart intentionally hire would-be full time employees at part time hours to avoid the expense of benefits? Looks as if the invisible hand of the market has made a fist and penetrated the poor.
You still haven't explained why the free-market thinks it is acceptable that human beings work 40 hours a week and not be able to provide for basic necessities? If the unfettered market worked as you claim it would, this wouldn't be an issue.
