There is always a fine line. The exact opposite of what you complain
about gave us Gazprom and the Russian Government.
Unfortunately there will never be a perfect system no matter who
whines the loudest or who complains the loudest. There are always flaws.
It is a balancing act at best. Sometimes it swings one way and the
other time it swings the other way.
Want everyone to have phone service no matter what the cost. You
give a monopoly to one phone company to make sure everyone pays the
same price no matter what it costs.
Want everyone to have low long distance service and choice in
provider? Dismantle the monopoly and let local rates rise to reflect
local costs.
Under one you have fair market cost but some folks subsidize the
other to make phone service ubiquitous to the masses. Under the
other you start pricing people out of the market, but you can call
cross country really cheap.
It is a tough game to balance as there are never really easy answers.
Stewart
At 09:06 AM 5/13/2009, you wrote:
>Are you sure you know what a free market is?
A marketing term used to promote anarchy and rule by the rich. "Free
Market" is what made Bernie Madoff a billionare.
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Ozark, AL SL 82
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