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Paul M. Eldridge Paul M. Eldridge is offline
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Default Going back to candlelight

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:19:10 -0500, "HeyBub"
wrote:

When you use tax policy to influence or control consumer behavior, you are
interfering with the "general marketplace," or the "invisible hand" of Adam
Smith.

Virtually all such interference is counter-productive.


True, but there have been times when I've been bitch slapped by that
"invisible hand". ;-)

Cheers,
Paul