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  1. Re:Do not bite, it's a gimmick! by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Canadian Federal Government Mulling Open Source?

    do you know what you are talking about? You link to *GM*. GM is of the USA period.

    Not entirely. Like it or not, your country needs the rest of the world more than the rest of the world needs you.

  2. Re:Republican Motto: by nguy · · Score: 1 · on San Diego GOP Chairman Alleged To Be a Fairlight Co-Founder
    A "free market" is when they can proceed with the exchange without the interference of a 3rd party. The end.

    You know, you can invent your own definitions for everything, but that doesn't make your definitions valid.

    Here are actual definitions (emphasis mine):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market

    A free market is a market in which prices of goods and services are arranged completely by the mutual consent of sellers and buyers.


    http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/freemarket.html

    A free market economy is one where scarcities are resolved through changes in relative prices rather than through regulation.


    "Free market" refers only to the fact that people set prices freely. Free markets wouldn't even exist without extensive government interference: governments enforce contracts, governments create the infrastructure where economic activity takes place, governments issue money, and governments protect property. And governments create a free market in intellectual works through copyright (whether that's a good idea is another debate, unrelated to free market economics).

    What you want is libertarianism or anarcho-capitalism, neither of which even necessarily results in a free market economy. You just like to call your position a "free market" position because that sounds so much less offensive than the actual name for what you espouse.
  3. Your statistic is out of date somewhat by themusicgod1 · · Score: 1 · on U.S. Ecommerce To Be Broadly Taxed?

    Unless something significant has changed, the government of Canada is just shy of 500B$CAN at the moment. The liberal government has been lowering that number for a little while(although way too slow for my liking)
    source.

  4. Re:FDR's fault by Curtman · · Score: 1 · on Iran Continues to Censor Internet Communications

    "He turned it into a synonym for socialism and it was downhill from there."

    Socialism is an important part of my Country. I don't see how that word is derogatory either. It represents one particular part of a spectrum of ideas, and it can be quite useful.

  5. Re:Rural Users by jejones · · Score: 1 · on Cable Modem Tax Proposed by FCC

    Isn't this the fundamental foundation of a free market? That is everyone in every market should have the same options regardless of the cost of serving that market?

    Eh? That has nothing to do with the notion of a free market. Check out this web page--even the government of Canada understands. Note how they contrast it with a controlled market, "where prices are determined by a regulatory or administrative authority." Taxation is, in part, just such a determination of prices.

  6. Re:Alot has to happen... by Mydron · · Score: 1 · on Toyota to Move to All Hybrid Vehicles By 2012
    Umm... there was a transition that occured in the late 70s, early 80s, from the status quo gas guzzlers to the more efficient Japanese imports. However your assumption that this was merely simple choice by the ever-green american consumer overlooks one important little detail: The OPEC oil crisis (1973 & 1979).

    When the price of oil quadruples or quintuples *then*, and only then, will you see interest by the masses in fuel efficiency.

    In the meantime I suspect these cars will continue to be more expensive and likely enjoyed only by hardcore environmentalists. What I'd like to see is the environmental impact of the production and disposal of these cars versus traditional vehicles. The process of lead smelting (for batteries) is known to be anything but environmental friendly.