Thank you.

Hello Straightlinelogic,
Much truth in what you wrote. For me the choice is obvious; I will trust the markets.
Regards,
O.A.

Thanks.

Excellent as usual!
Thank you.

You said it best: no matter what we do, no matter how righteous or just; "they will always find something to bitch about."

What increased wealth? Just turning out more stuff cheaper without a market for it does not make it wealth. It is only wealth to those who consider it to have relative value. It is not wealth to those who can not buy it. There is no need for government to step in. If it gets out of the way, those who are no longer needed in an industry can create other work or be hired by other industries. If all work was automated with machines creating everything including themselves and their jobs with, of course, the directive to supply all human needs, including all medical services, then it would have to occur with the goal of maximum leisure for everyone. Little likelihood of that happening without leaving the ability to get more than your neighbor.

Thank you. I fear you're right while hoping you're wrong.

I don't think the government invented either of those, they indicated they needed something and someone else invented it and supplied them.

Well said Robert. I fear that we are at such a point where if even a few of the strings are cut there will be many more added. Trump has stated that he wants to cut 75% of the regulations and as you stated much closer to 100% need to be cut. However the Lilliputians are busy tying on more and have no intention of listening to their boss. They only way Trump might be able to cut them would be to eliminate the bureau entirely. Call the head of one of the alphabet (DEA, Dept of Energy, Dept of Education; etc.) and tell him that his office is closed, his people fired and that GAO has put up their buildings for sale. Anything short of that will result in nothing but resistance and Trumps attempts will be futile.

When government being considered as a religion was touched upon in the article, half Scandinavian me dino thought, "Aha! We have Loki! We need Odin back."

Unfortunately, I fear any good Trump does, will easily be undone. For instance, Reagan cut regulations but he did not repeal the source of those regulations. This implicitly accepts the philosophical basis for the regulations and therefore any relief is temporary.

Conservatives are not for free markets (cutting strings) they just want to make government work more efficiently

Enjoy.

Yes, the structure of this one is anything but straight, believe it or not. One of the reasons it's so difficult to write.

Even a summary would be complicated.

Well, I did say "to date." My next book could be my best, if I do it right. It is certainly going to be the most difficult to write.

That was my first effort and it has some flaws, which you may discover. I think you'll still enjoy it, though. The Golden Pinnacle is my best book to date, although, not surprisingly, I like all three of my novels.

Once innovation gets in private hands, it almost always comes down. I'm sure in real dollars both Teflon and Tang (is Tang still on the market?) are cheaper now than when they were invented.