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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:47:10 -0400, Earl of Warwich, Duke of Cornwall,
Marquies of Anglesea, Sir Reginald P. Smithers III Esq. LLC, STP. wrote:


While there were not completely free markets in reference to trade
between countries. It was common to have tariffs on certain items, and
to limit who could import and/or sell certain items, free market pricing
on the majority of items and capitalism absolutely did exist well before
the revolution.

It can be argued that "true" capitalism, still doesn't exist. There have
always been government limits in defining the rules of the market. The
only real arguments we have in this country are in defining those
limits. I mean it is the basic left-right, individual-tribal, paradigm.
I was just questioning Eisboch's forefather's vision. After all, the
majority of the leaders of the Revolution were leftists.


I wrote that poorly. I was trying to make the point that our forefathers
envisioned life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, not a government
social welfare system.

Eisboch