Actually, I'm pretty sure that one of the hallmarks of a free economy is cheating when you can get away with it. There's no such thing as cheating in a truly laissez-faire capitalist economy. If breaking laws makes more money than obeying them (once you calculate the court fees and settlements, if applicable), it's in your best interest to break the law--companies can and do.
You're essentially trying to argue that free-market economies are great (and fair) as long as people are honest, but that can be said of any economic system.
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Date: 2008-08-28 12:15 am (UTC)From:You're essentially trying to argue that free-market economies are great (and fair) as long as people are honest, but that can be said of any economic system.