The libertarian position on these things is by its very nature, a selfish one, thankyou for pointing that out. Healthcare is not cheaper if you cannot afford it. Frankly i find it a sign of a civilized society that we are willing to pay for the healthcare of those that cannot afford it, rather than going for the most cost effective option. I also don't think you read what i posed. Here most of the healthcare is provided by the govt, the exception being public hospitals, it's just the govt picks up the bill. Yet somehow that is less efficient?
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Why wouldn't I. I've been certified since 1996 in all the Operating systems from Microsoft. Microsoft is a great company and makes some great products. In my opinion, Bill Gates is as good a human being as Mother Theresa or Ghandi. That's how much he's done for charity. And he intents to do more. Microsoft gets a bad rap from ignorant people who claim they're a monopoly when they clearly aren't. In fact Microsoft has only done one seriously wrong thing in my book and that's how they violated their license agreement with Sun Microsystems and Java.
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I think you need to clean your nose dude, must absolutely stink. On the other hand if i made my money by supporting the faults of substandard operating systems i'm say something to that effect too.
Mother Theresa - Selfllessly helped the poor for the vast majority of her life
Ghandi - Freed a nation of colonialism and pioneered non-violent protest
Bill Gates - made billions by developing other peoples software and ripping off their ideas, then gave a fraction of it away to charity.
Yea. very even.
Microsoft are not a monopoly? That explains why they can bully OEMs and everyone else without fear of a backlash, that explains why they can use their overwhelming market share to quash any competition.
Ohh sorry, I forgot, a free market could never let that happen, right? A massive domineering supplier, or cartel of suppliers could never squash competition to maintain the profitable status quo, right?
Companies would never, ever crush innovation with thier sheer size, of course not.
Sorry, try again.
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I'm all for accountability and responsibility for everyone including the government, but the government should never get between two parties doing business.
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Even if it's going to create monopoly?
Look i agree free market capitalism can produce the benefits you claim, but it is oh so easily exploited by companies that in the end, only care about their bottom line.