openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to axus
Re: Open access for what? said by axus:My solution would be for the government to create its own utility companies in markets where companies do not offer open access. Do you want that or government healthcare. There is only so much that our bloated government can accomplish with our $12 trillion debt. |
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| I certainly don't want what's being currently pushed by either the house or the senate. So, I guess I want gov't own utilities. Or better yet, I want private companies to step up and perform the functions of their business. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | It was a rhetorical question more meant to provoke thought about the huge waste our government continues to flaunt. I don't care if we're discussing public utilities, war, bailouts, health care, or any of the other social programs that plague our economy, we need to be spending less money, not more. Government spending has its role in jump starting an economy, but the spending can't keep going unchecked. |
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK
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| said by openbox9: Government spending has its role in jump starting an economy, but the spending can't keep going unchecked. The problem is, we the people, keep it this way. Why? Everyone wants what they want (and doesn't want to pay for it.)
Our politicians can't cut anything, the voters would throw them out, or the lobbyists that pay their bills getting elected would stop funding them. So they do the inevitable: They fund everything with borrowing, since the people won't accept tax increases either.
We can't afford what we are spending. Sooner or later, this fact alone will bring it all down on our heads. On that day, everything, and I do mean everything, will change forever.
Most of us won't survive it, either.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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