tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post7334240156194611450..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Free MarketAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-50919124123951707092010-07-28T08:32:39.032-04:002010-07-28T08:32:39.032-04:00One of the best comments I've ever read on a b...One of the best comments I've ever read on a blog went something like this: <i>Intellectuals hate capitalism because a high-school graduate who owns two pizza shops makes more money than a college professor does.</i>ELChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09755716607466641949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-70642125817473625592010-07-27T02:05:52.709-04:002010-07-27T02:05:52.709-04:00I've certainly earned good money from time to ...I've certainly earned good money from time to time. But generally, what I enjoy producing is so different from what people think they should spend money on that I suspect life could be a whole lot easier for me in something other than a free market.<br /><br />Tough. I still don't think I'm entitled to anything people aren't willing to trade me freely for. And I don't feel like subsidizing 300 million other people to do their personal thing just so they'll have to indulge me in return.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-74361101630370428342010-07-25T12:53:59.377-04:002010-07-25T12:53:59.377-04:00I think you have hit the nail on the head here and...I think you have hit the nail on the head here and also described my father to a T. He has tried several times to start a business and failed because he lacks business chops, and now is a public employee who (of course) thinks that he does not get paid enough. IMO, his job performance is subpar but he has a weird idea that he should get paid for who he is rather than what he does. Can you imagine what his opinion of the free market is? lol.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05456587175845040114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-19565041233986050402010-07-24T23:52:45.373-04:002010-07-24T23:52:45.373-04:00I've often thought that people who don't l...I've often thought that people who don't like competition in other aspects, feel that they themselves can't compete. Also, working for the Feds, there's a lot of people here that absolutely hate the idea of merit pay or merit bonuses, because (imho) they know on some level that they don't merit those things. (And what they can't get they don't want anyone else to have.)jlbusseyhttp://CascadeExposures.comnoreply@blogger.com