On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there's your answer. These things can only work when they're run as a > service, and only the state can afford to do that.<snip>
You're right, of course. The only problem with state-run railroads (or state-run anything else, for that matter) is that it's only a matter of time until the neo-cons take over and start lowering taxes, slashing budgets and privatizing Things That Work, for idiological rather than financial reasons. We used to have a state-run railroad in Canada. Now it's a private corporation. Maybe it's efficient, but it doesn't serve the country as it once did... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
