Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!rdz From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion,net.flame Subject: Re: Who says religion isn't important in America? Message-ID: <712@ccice5.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 12:09:04 EST Article-I.D.: ccice5.712 Posted: Fri Mar 8 12:09:04 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 04:10:19 EST References: <679@ccice5.UUCP> <325@mhuxm.UUCP> <8274@watarts.UUCP> <787@topaz.ARPA> <703@ccice5.UUCP> <644@mhuxt.UUCP> Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.politics:8044 net.religion:5928 net.flame:8745 > > Notice that he said "In a free market". The sale and distribution of > drugs can hardly be thought of as "free market" conditions. Notice that > if there *were* a free market for drugs, the price would fall so far that > dope dealers wouldn't be making big bucks. Even drugs like nicotene and > alcohol are heavily taxed and controlled by the big G. > -- > Jeff Sonntag I don't want this to sound insulting Jeff, but if you don't believe that drug dealing isn't a "free market", you don't seem to know much about it. ANYONE can become a drug dealer/manufacturer/importer/etc. The reason prices don't fall is because the demand is far above the supply. And there is usually little personal risk involved. BTW, this is not some "insider" information on my part (God forbid!). These facts are commonly available through the various media in this land. *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***