Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Julian Thomas" 
<julianthomas@t...> wrote:

> > But whether there are chipped cartridges, whether
> > there are third-party ink providers, etc, is a decision that 
should
> > be made by consumers, NOT the state.
> >
> >
> I'm trying not to answer this crap but inaccurate facts get me 
everytime.
> There is no such thing as a free market.

I didn't say we had a free market - I said I WANT one.  Anyway, some 
markets are freer than others so I don't want to reduce any of our 
existing freedoms.    

>               It is a myth. The US, like other
> countries, has protectionist policies in place to curtail
> competitive imports. 

And those policies come from the same mindset as Keith's - using the 
power of the state to manipulate markets.   In the long run 
protectionism doesn't work - it simply raises costs, reduces 
innovation and competition, and encourages domestic 
inefficiencies.   A good example of protectionism was the Warsaw 
Pact countries, which gave us such gems as the Trabant.