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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5658495" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Take it in the context that Rickey meant.&nbsp; He wants to replace capitalism with government control.&nbsp; Says it&#039;s innovative also.&nbsp; Look around you.&nbsp; Look at the computer you&#039;re typing on.&nbsp; The car you drive.&nbsp; At best the government can support innovation with money.&nbsp; But the great leaps forward, the refinement, improvements in service, come from the profit incentive.&nbsp; The desire to make a good living, create wealth drives innovation.&nbsp; When you have a heavily centralized, government run economy such as the Soviet Union was that eliminates personal incentives in favor of doing everything for the collective things start falling apart.&nbsp; Shortages happen.&nbsp; Ricky deals in the realm of what might be, not the reality of what actually is.&nbsp; And forcing us all to suffer to chase after rainbows, as what is shaping up to happen with government mandates concerning energy, will ultimately destroy this country.&nbsp; A lot of wasted energy and misery to prove the capitalists are right.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5658495, member: 24302"] Take it in the context that Rickey meant. He wants to replace capitalism with government control. Says it's innovative also. Look around you. Look at the computer you're typing on. The car you drive. At best the government can support innovation with money. But the great leaps forward, the refinement, improvements in service, come from the profit incentive. The desire to make a good living, create wealth drives innovation. When you have a heavily centralized, government run economy such as the Soviet Union was that eliminates personal incentives in favor of doing everything for the collective things start falling apart. Shortages happen. Ricky deals in the realm of what might be, not the reality of what actually is. And forcing us all to suffer to chase after rainbows, as what is shaping up to happen with government mandates concerning energy, will ultimately destroy this country. A lot of wasted energy and misery to prove the capitalists are right. [/QUOTE]

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