Comments on: CFTC To Tighten Commodities Trading Regulations http://www.tradersnarrative.com/cftc-to-tighten-commodities-trading-regulations-2730.html Freshly squeezed market commentary & analysis Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Babak http://www.tradersnarrative.com/cftc-to-tighten-commodities-trading-regulations-2730.html#comment-50465 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:28:08 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/cftc-to-tighten-commodities-trading-regulations-2730.html#comment-50465 Tom, the government has a role to play (unless you want to disband the police, firefighters, military, etc.). If you look around the world, the proof is irrefutable that the US is doing health care the wrong. It has the highest per capita $ spent on health care in the world. And what do you get for that? Not much. A host of other countries pay less and get much, much more for their buck. The insistence for the status quo in health care reminds me of the metric - imperial system debate. 3 countries insist on not using metric: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States. Tom, the government has a role to play (unless you want to disband the police, firefighters, military, etc.). If you look around the world, the proof is irrefutable that the US is doing health care the wrong. It has the highest per capita $ spent on health care in the world. And what do you get for that? Not much. A host of other countries pay less and get much, much more for their buck.
The insistence for the status quo in health care reminds me of the metric - imperial system debate. 3 countries insist on not using metric: Liberia, Myanmar and the United States.

]]> by: Tom Terrfic http://www.tradersnarrative.com/cftc-to-tighten-commodities-trading-regulations-2730.html#comment-50462 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:25:01 +0000 http://www.tradersnarrative.com/cftc-to-tighten-commodities-trading-regulations-2730.html#comment-50462 Are you nuts. Oil is one of the most volatile and price sensitive commodities out there. The law of supply and demand will work I assure you with or without the CFTC or any other governmental agency. I have no idea how the idea ever got started in this country that the government can make things better or cheaper or easier. This is just like so many other issues. Do people really believe that with government involvement health care will get cheaper. if you believe that then I want to sell you some oil at $140.00 a barrel. The government can so some good but not much and only in a limited way. Any government involvement in anything makes things more costly and more difficult always in the long run. Are you nuts. Oil is one of the most volatile and price sensitive commodities out there. The law of supply and demand will work I assure you with or without the CFTC or any other governmental agency.

I have no idea how the idea ever got started in this country that the government can make things better or cheaper or easier. This is just like so many other issues. Do people really believe that with government involvement health care will get cheaper. if you believe that then I want to sell you some oil at $140.00 a barrel.

The government can so some good but not much and only in a limited way. Any government involvement in anything makes things more costly and more difficult always in the long run.

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