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rexf on July 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Warren Buffett: I could end the deficit in 5 minut...

Business wants all upside (even when it conflicts). As discussed yesterday: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/business/economy/06leonhar...

The problem is that nobody has a long term sustainable point of view. Why worry about the eventual cluster#$%@ when you can stuff your pockets today?

pyre on July 8, 2011 [–]

But that's the 'free market' right? Things will work out perfect in the end because of people's self-interest. The free market tells us that it's impossible for bad things to happen.

e2daipi on July 11, 2011 | [–]

Taxes, regulation, Government spending, etc are interventions in the free market.

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