Remember: any resource that is controlled by a governmental or non-profit organization will be driven more by politics(internal or external) than by the needs of the customers.
Regulations that limit the price for basic staples will only limit how much is available of those staples. If you want there to be an abundance of resources available, just make sure that there is a low barrier to entry into whatever market you are looking at, and free-enterprise will ensure that any resource is available and reliable. Just make sure that there are no monopolies and it is easy to change providers, everything else will take care of itself. I personally would find it very frightening to be reliant on the Government for the very air I breathe. On the other hand, if you want a totalitarian regime, then those would be very effective controls on the population(In Total Recall, remember how they decided to put down the rebellion against the Corp by just turning off the air? You want to give that authority to a petty bureaucrat with an unknown agenda?) On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Tom Sparks <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am looking at writing a treaty that bans for-profit organizations from > owning public utilities and life support device > > the public utilities i am think of are: > water, Air (for life support), food > free-to-air TV, radio > Internet > > what rules would you put in place (Control Rating, etc)? > > tom_a_sparks > > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take > a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > -- The man that holds fast to his bitterness will eventually be consumed by it, but if you let it go, your arms will be free to seize the glory that is life. -Terwin _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
