Well, you've got to be careful when you start talking that way, because the next thing you know, you'll get governments that will mandate that people have to have cellphones.
I read the other day in the paper that in Europe they've decided that vacations are a right now, too.
But let me just continue. Listen, like you, I'm a fierce defender of the capitalistic system, because I've seen the alternative, and it's not pretty.
You know what? Alexander Graham Bell--the guy who we claim invented the telephone--was incensed when people called him during the day and for any other reason than an actual emergency or something else that was important. We have come a long way. And I'm not saying we've gone in the wrong direction, but things change.
Last week--you're an economist, and I'm glad to hear that--I talked about Adam Smith. I like Adam Smith, because he made it pretty easy to understand. He understood why, or the motivation...you know, who has the most gold. He talked about the baker, and how it was not for his benefit that.... But you know all that stuff.
I guess in light of that, I want to ask you, would.... I think I know what your answer is going to be, and it's a good answer.