Republican who agrees with you

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In a message dated 03/02/2002 8:24:18 AM Central Standard Time, 
TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:


> I guess (no, I know) I am more of a socialist.  I believe in capitalism and
> free market, but there is also a concept called responsible capitalism.
> I, for one, am with the Democrats who believe that there are limits in
> certain situations.  Like in my splendid and realistic ;-) bread analogy.
> Public interests must be protected.  There is also a thinking called
> fairness.
> 
> 
You are not a socialist if you believe there are limits to capitalism.  This 
is simply a modern view of economics.  As capitalism grew ijn Europe in the 
wake of the industrial revolution, governments with no real experience with 
such booming free trade had few regualtions on what would become 
laissez-faire capitalism.  This caused exploitation of labor and monopolistic 
market practices which only served to harm the public.  It creted jobs and 
more commerce but allowed employers to get rich on the backs of underpaid 
labor working in dangerous conditions for long hours.  Children working in 
factories, getting their fingers and hands lopped of in machinery, etc.  The 
communist movement arose as a direct reaction to this.  I am a major 
free-trade Republican, but I am not one who believes that the economy should 
have NO regulations at all.  I am opposed to "closed shops" and believe all 
states should have "right to work" laws, but I support the right of unions to 
collectively bargain.  Fairness IS a legitimate issue and can be quite 
bipartisan in regard to the economy.  For this reason, it is NOT 
anti-capitalist to be anti-brokers.  Let the product be sold fairly to 
consumers who want to utilize the product, not simply re-sell it for a profit 
because the supply of seats is finite.  The Who and those the who contract 
with should be the recipients of our $- not some broker who has no role in 
providing the product (the show) to fans.

kevin mc