NO MORE GAMES

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    True.
    Socialism = More corruption
    Only solution is to stop the government interfering in the free market. Government interference is only required in a select few scenarios like the military and the police.

    We already have a fully open market after JR era. Did it work? Not until now and never will. What happened to Thulhiriya? Embilipitiya paper, Sewanagala sugar? UNIC electronic? Upali Fiat? You can witness the disaster right before your eyes. From your answer I guess you are a trader or your family members are traders or you work in a trading business. If that the case, are you telling us that free market should decide the prices? Then why should we even have a parliament? Opening markt will effect all sectors. Even education and health care. Imagine what will happen to a poor family.
     

    reddeckuka

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    We already have a fully open market after JR era. Did it work? Not until now and never will. What happened to Thulhiriya? Embilipitiya paper, Sewanagala sugar? UNIC electronic? Upali Fiat? You can witness the disaster right before your eyes. From your answer I guess you are a trader or your family members are traders or you work in a trading business. If that the case, are you telling us that free market should decide the prices? Then why should we even have a parliament? Opening markt will effect all sectors. Even education and health care. Imagine what will happen to a poor family.

    Finding the right combination is the solution..
    I think monatary policy has failed than the political system.. World has come to a tipping point, wait for the fireworks!
     
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    tenXents

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    We already have a fully open market after JR era
    No, we don't. Government controls of all sectors through unnecessary regulations. What we have is a socialist economic system pretending to be open/capitalist market.

    What happened to Thulhiriya? Embilipitiya paper, Sewanagala sugar? UNIC electronic? Upali Fiat?
    Those companies went under because they were UNPROFITABLE. Those business that make losses instead of profits continuously should be eliminated. That is one of the most fundamental concepts of a capitalistic system. That way the resources those companies control can be sold to someone who can actually utilize them effectively.
    What would happen if those were government owned? (Like SriLankan Airlines which loses over 150 million USD per year) They would continue to operate while they are making LOSSES and eat up TAX PAYERS' money. That is bad for economy. Today we have a number of government companies eating up a massive amount of money. Those never go bankrupt because they are government owned.

    If that the case, are you telling us that free market should decide the prices?
    Yes, exactly that.

    Then why should we even have a parliament?
    I'm merely saying that the government should not intervene in the country's economy unnecessarily. Government has a number of other functions. Like security and keeping law and order.

    Even education and health care
    Yes. Those should be privatized(with as few exceptions as possible). An argument can made to provide welfare to those people who are unable to engage in economic activities (due to disabilities and such cases) which is perfectly fine.

    what will happen to a poor family
    What do you reckon will happen? The current system isn't helping poor people. Instead it keeps them poor. A good example is the minimum wage, which keeps them from getting employed.
    And student loans are a good way to provide quality education that everyone can afford. But even here, the government should keep their hands out of it, because student loans given by the government is a disaster (in the US for example).

    Competition is good for everyone. In a deregulated free market EVERYONE will benefit.

    edit - 1) spelling mistakes
    2) grammatical errors
     
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