The 'Free Market' according to the fundamentalists

They have used it to water down proposed regulation of the financial system that brought the world to the brink of catastrophe. They have used it to fight against essential reform of the healthcare system so as to benefit millions of their compatriots who live one major health condition away from bankruptcy. They have used it to stop the breaking up of the 8-bank cartel that controls the multi-trillion derivative trade in Wall Street. You have heard the argument many times before. Leave the market to sort itself out. Now, if you have ever wondered what market extremists, the likes of Glenn Beck and the Fox crew, mean when they wax lyrical about the wonders of the 'free market', this video is an eye-opener.

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