[The Duke]

You mean the competitive market place we have today? The one skewed by tax breaks, farm subsidies for corporate farmers, government support of bulk transport systems, futures market manipulation through automated bid spiking, . . . That competitive market?

Every business person I know has to struggle and compete. And that competition drives our prices down (unfortunately!)

Sure, our capitalist system is not free of distortion and corruption, but I still trust it 100x more than some centrally-planned economy.

[dfwgator]

Sure, our capitalist system is not free of distortion and corruption, but I still trust it 100x more than some centrally-planned economy.

Our economy is becoming more centrally-planned by the day.

[Quiller]

Sure, our capitalist system is not free of distortion and corruption, but I still trust it 100x more than some centrally-planned economy.

Concur.

I just have to wonder how what the market would look like if it was truly competitive, not manipulated by a 'benevolent' government.