tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post5831082519210555891..comments2024-03-28T02:46:41.090-05:00Comments on Supply and Demand (in that order): Stealthy ImpotenceCasey B. Mulliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03317454408275318282noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7539577136486286096.post-21536416114884155742008-10-28T20:32:00.000-05:002008-10-28T20:32:00.000-05:00"Apparently, I am alone in entertaining the idea t..."Apparently, I am alone in entertaining the idea that the best solutions to tough problems come from the marketplace."<BR/><BR/>I'm also willing to entertain it, but the point is to implement it.<BR/><BR/>"But even I obtain comfort from the fact that, when the Treasury's time for stalling has run out, it will implement an impotent solution -- that is, a plan that has minimum interference with the market's functioning (there is some interference with market, but -- aside from literally doing nothing -- the interference is less than the alternatives)."<BR/><BR/>Wrong. This hybrid plan, subject to endless lobbying and so poorly planned that one can't even judge its effects, will end up costing taxpayers way more than a Swedish type plan. In between no regulation and regulation, there is regulation that is worse than both.<BR/><BR/>"they can claim full credit for avoiding it."<BR/><BR/>So then what progress will have been made? We'll make the same stupid mistakes next time.<BR/><BR/>The terrible truth about ineffectiveness is that it's terribly expensive.<BR/><BR/>Don the libertarian DemocratDonald Pretarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493535232127084725noreply@blogger.com