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WHOA...hold on (unless I am misunderstanding your post...in which case I am sorry)
Do not mistake me for the enemy Kanadesaga... 
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I do not think of you as an enemy. Perish the thought.
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I am using Smith's own beliefs against the free market thumpers...
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I think we both know that "free market" is unattainable, much like communism, Theoretically attractive but realistically implausible.
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"the father of capitalism" as Smith has been called, did NOT believe in corporate control! (and certainly not corporate fascism)..he did believe in government regulation and protection for the middle class.
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Which is why I said he was dead. Much like Jesus is really dead because so few christians actually behave like christ. We're on the same page I assure you.
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it's amazing how his original works have been bastardized by modern day supply siders. Thus was the point of the thread.
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It's called revision. sometimes not a good thing.