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Originally Posted by dalem
Why retreat to the Lefty position of "you don't agree with me therefore you are not as knowledgeable as me"? Maybe Praxus knows the real world just fine and comes to a different conclusion about it than do you. Ever think of that?
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That's not what I implied at all. I said if he went to the hospital and talked to veterans, he would learn that most of them get by off of social security payments. Its not a "lefty" position at all. Its just stating the facts.
And as for pollution, you tax it because it is an externality to the market. Pollution is a cost borne by everyone, and not solely by the polluter. By taxing pollution you internalize the cost to the polluter, and he now has incentive to reduce pollution. The good of products that companies produce, on the other hand, is accounted for by the market. If products weren't good, then people wouldn't buy them. That's the incentive to make good products.