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Subject: Re: Who says religion isn't important in America?
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> > In a free market, the amount of money you make corresponds directly
> > to the excess in value of the services you have performed that others
> > wanted, over those they have done that you wanted.  In other words,
> > how much unrequited good you have done.  Some people would consider
> > that rewarding.
> > --JoSH
> That must explain why dope dealers are held in such high reguard by most
> of our society.  (Do I really have to put that symbol in here?)

     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
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     "What you mean *WE*, paleface?" - Tonto, at Little Big Horn.