Chuck, In the past, I'd say 99% of our posts are in agreement so I suspect we have the same thoughts here as well. I probably failed in not being more clear due to lack of detail with my thoughts due to time constraints. The context of my reply was in response to Jack's fear of big companies. Perhaps my fearlessness is naive which takes me to a new question: Which company do you know of that has a monopoly that is not given to them by our government?
-RickG On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Chuck Bartosch <[email protected]>wrote: > The restraint is government. How do you restrain capitalism without the > restraint of laws, including those that restrain monopolies? > > The implication of saying the only companies that have monopolies are the > ones that government gives monopolies to is that without government > monopolies, and without government interference, there would be no > monopolies. I'm saying that government *has* to play a role in restraining > capitalism from self-destructing. > > There's no question in my mind that I want as much freedom as > possible...but I fully realize that if I'm given complete "freedom" to do as > I want, I'll do things that are bad for me. Or bad for everyone else anyway. > That's why wives and girlfriends are good for those of us who are men. Or > for those of us who are women too I suppose ;-). > > Chuck > > On Feb 5, 2010, at 6:48 PM, RickG wrote: > > > 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 < > [email protected]>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 <[email protected]> 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? 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