Re: Re: RE: Re: Airline deregulation

[Doug Henwood]

Christian Gregory wrote:

>Hope of what, exactly? Dereg is supposed to bring lower prices and more
>competition. But neither of these has happened. I suppose this goes with
>being an ideologue, but why is this kind of competition good if even the
>things that boosters say are good about it don't come about?

Oh, that's simple. There clearly wasn't enough dereg! That's what 
went wrong with the airlines, and that's what went wrong with the 
juice in California.

Reading the idiotic John Tierney's column in the NY Times, it 
occurred to me that libertarians are the most catechistic folks on 
the political scene today. They just *know* the answer to everything, 
regardless of the issue. Government bad. Markets good. Deregulate. 
When there's a problem, it's because of government interference. The 
template can be applied to anything without the bother of 
investigation or thought.

Doug