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Re: Economic theory and politics.
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Originally Posted by liberty1776
Please don't include me in this list of "corporate libertarians." I don't want businessmen writting laws- I don't want anyone writting laws. We are all motivated by selfish interests. Most of us satisfy ourselves honestly, those that don't turn to government. Many laws that are suposed to prevent monopolies actual encourage them. This was covered in the book, Triumph of Conservatism by Kolko. Kolko is a socialist historian, but he comes to the conclusion that anti-trust laws actualy encourage monopolies.
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Fair enough, though I was not responding to your post. 
Your friend & colleague,
Mark Twain
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"The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods, or no God. It neither breaks my leg, nor picks my pocket."
Thomas Jefferson
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