>Jim;
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>Capitalism has many problems. At one end Capitalists do not want any kind of regulation and government wants total control. If Capitalists and government had morals and ethical standards, which they followed, the world would be a better place. Instead we have GREED and FEAR as our source of motivation.
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>The stock market is our greatest source of greed. Investors demand return on investment and it should be instantaneous. Companies do whatever they can to “report a profit” for fear of the consequences. If you fall one cent below what some “market analysis” predicted you should earn this quarter, the value of your stock could drop dramatically.
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>Take the corporate officers and politicians and compare them. Corporations go to politicians to have laws passed which allow them special treatment – things like tax laws for an example.
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>Capitalism and Communism both have wonderful theories behind them. However they both suffer one basic fault when placed into use. Humans control them! Therein lies the weak link.
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>All economic systems reach a point and then are either refined or disappear. Too much sophistication or refinement in a system can be detrimental to its existence as the expectations reach an impossible demand. Can we attain infinity? Well, some think so.
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>Tom

Sure, we can atain 'infinity'! Once politicians add a tax, even a temporary one, it is never repealed. The taxpayer keeps going on less and less. Pretty soon, they'll have to go all the way on nothing! -- Infinity!