On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Gruss Gott<grussg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Government price controls NEVER work. That's why France is looking to > us - US! - for THEIR heading-to-bankruptcy system. Well that is a stupid statement on its face. Several generations of farmers would beg to disagree with you. > All ya gotta do is ask yourself 3 questions: > > (1.) Should government be a producer and provider of consumer good and > services? Sure thing. I like my hydro-power from the BPA. I like my clean water through the City of Portland. Works marvelously. Clean, cheap, efficient. My garbage collection with price controls and licensing from the city comes and picks my trash up every week and does a fine job with recycling. My cable/internet provider with franchising and cost control through the county is kinda so-so but I've seen worse. > (2.) Does government have a great track record of managing the tax payer > dollar? In some places, yes, in some places no. > (3.) Has government proven itself superior to the private market in > efficiency and price controls? Depends on the industry. I'm not an advocate for price controls amongst all industries certainly. But as I listed, it works great in all sorts of areas. Juda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:302603 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
