Chuck, where did I say "unrestrained? The rest of my post is questions. So, I agree with your reply in as much as that nobody should be unrestrained. As far as history, to what do you refer to? -RickG
On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Chuck Bartosch <ch...@clarityconnect.com>wrote: > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 10:34 AM, RickG wrote: > > > Jack, The only companies that "can do whatever they want to you whenever > > they want to do it" are the ones given a monopoly and power by guess who > - > > big government! So, where is the problem? Is it the companies or the > > government? > > That statement completely ignores history. The tendency of any > unconstrained capitalist is to form a monopoly. Hell, *I'd* do it if I could > ;-). And unconstrained capitalism that achieves a monopoly rarely acts in > its customers own best interests. > > If nothing else, it's in our society's interest to prevent monopolies > because innovation stagnates in a monoploy situation. > > Some restraint by government is necessary to keep the system from damaging > itself. Part of your argument is specious since by definition once > government restrains most monopolies, the only ones left are the ones it > allows (but there's no real content in that statement). There are very few > created monopolies (mail still and phones from a long time ago being two of > them). > > Chuck > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Jack Unger <jun...@ask-wi.com> wrote: > > > >> So, now that government has been drowned, the huge banks, insurance > >> companies, telecoms can do whatever they want to you whenever they want > to > >> do it. > >> > >> BWaaaah, haaa, haaaa, haaa, haaaaggggh.... > >> > >> > >> Frank Crawford wrote: > >> > >> YES > >> > >> Jack Unger wrote: > >> > >> > >> I trust that government will be able to keep up just fine. Do you > >> support the alternative of making government so small that you can drown > >> it in a bathtub? > >> > >> Glenn Kelley wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> Title II of the Communications Act—the section that regulates > telecommunications common carriers is now being considered by the FCC to > oversee broadband. FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell during a talk he > gave to the Free State Foundation asked: (see First Do No Harm: A broadband > plan for Amercia) > >> “Exactly what kind of companies might get tangled up into this > regulatory Rubik’s Cube?…Any Internet company that offers a voice > application?” … “With this newfound authority, why stop at voice apps? Isn’t > voice just another type of data app? As the distinction between network > operators and application providers continues to blur at an eye-popping > rate, how will the government be able to keep up?” > >> > >> > >> Much more on the blog: www.HostMedic.com --> > >> > _____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com > >> Email: gl...@hostmedic.com > >> Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > >> > >> > >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> WISPA Wants You! 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