[Despot of the Delta]

Well I know here in Johnstown the subject never has been broached by the City Council. And last fall someone opened a smoke-free bar and it’s doing booming business. So the free market dictated there was a need for one thus someone opened one. That is they way it’s suppose to work. I plan on running for City Council in November and if elected and the subject come up I will always vote NO. I’ve been smoking 34 years and I’m not dead yet. :)

[Eric Blair 2084]

A capitalist opened a smoke free bar. LOL!!!

Isn’t that the f’ing point. Many people hate having smoke blown in their face while they swill gallons of beer and eat fried cheese curds. It’s bad for their health.

They would love to be able to go to a bar with no smoke. A capitalist saw the opportunity and met the demand. He/she should make a lot of money by catering to an underserved clientele. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Eric Blair 2084]

"What most people really object to when they object to a free market is that it is so hard for them to shape it to their own will. The market gives people what the people want instead of what other people think they ought to want. At the bottom of many criticisms of the market economy is really lack of belief in freedom itself. The essence of political freedom is the absence of coercion of one man by his fellow men. The fundamental danger to political freedom is the concentration of power. The existence of a large measure of power in the hands of a relatively few individuals enables them to use it to coerce their fellow men. Preservation of freedom requires either the elimination of power where that is possible, or its dispersal where it cannot be eliminated. It essentially requires a system of checks and balances, like that explicitly incorporated in our Constitution..."

-- Milton Friedman, The New Liberal's Creed: Individual Freedom, Preserving Dissent Are Ultimate Goals," May 18, 1961