OK than why were there are more doctors, and more CT scan machines
and MRI scan machines per capita than any other nation we pay more
for our health care?
In many areas we have more Doctors per person than many other
nations. (In urban areas, rural is another story) Yet again we pay
more than any other nation.
It is not always the case that when the government sticks their hand
in it is worse or better.
For Cable and media such as this you must have a common backbone and
an infrastructure. Many of our folks do not build fiber
optic lines, someone else does and the companies lease from
them. Same with Cell towers etc.
When it comes to local cable systems and Telephone systems one
infrastructure is needed. Who will pay for it?
If one company pays for the infrastructure your damn straight they
will demand a certain percentage of return from it.
In the early days of telephone the Government gave AT&T (the old one)
a monopoly to run wires across the US to build a phone system. At
one time ours was the best in the world. Then we broke up monopolies
(Which had very strict government regulations governing them) and we
complain all the time about our phone service.
Capitalism doe not always work, but neither does full governmental control.
It must be a balanced approach that takes into account Mr. & Mrs.
Smith no matter what their socio-economic status and what needs to be
provided at a minimum.
Stewart
At 11:41 AM 3/28/2008, you wrote:
Um, no. Until government stuck its hand in and granted exclusive
access via regulation, multiple cable companies had the option of
entering a market. Stupid government regulators and politicians
bought the false argument that absent a monopoly no one would try to
build a system.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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