| bad idea! This is a bad isea. Everything should have some sort of regulation or it gets out of control. It is hard enough to get a fair shake from these corporations with the regulation in place. How will it turn out for an average consumer like me if these giant corporations are deregulated and can in essence do what they want? Anybody remember what happened out west when the power utilities were deregulated? Prices sky rocketed and the average consumer experienced a 200% increase in their monthly bills! Not to mention, where will a consumer turn if he is getting jacked around and all othet pursued avenues turn up nothing?
Bad idea! Bad idea!
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| said by hysteria1:
This is a bad isea. Everything should have some sort of regulation or it gets out of control.
Why should it? So that companies can wait for years for approval from the feds or state authorities for something which can be done in a few weeks?
I hate communism socialism regulation. Regulation is wasting tax money, and when the government wants more to waste, they raise taxes. |
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| "Why should it? So that companies can wait for years for approval from the feds or state authorities for something which can be done in a few weeks?"
If need be, yes. Anyway, nothing gets done in a few weeks, not on the scale that we are talking about.
"I hate communism socialism regulation. Regulation is wasting tax money, and when the government wants more to waste, they raise taxes."
Nothing is 100% efficient, but this regulation was put in place for the benefit of the consumer in mind, which brings me back to my original point, who will be there for the consumer when all else fails? I agree taxes and regulation are not perfect, but nothing runs for free. It is called capitalism, one of the foundations of this great country. You use terms like communism and socialism sparingly like you know what life is like in an eastern block country! Please!
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said by fifty nine:
said by hysteria1:
This is a bad isea. Everything should have some sort of regulation or it gets out of control.
Why should it? So that companies can wait for years for approval from the feds or state authorities for something which can be done in a few weeks?
I hate communism socialism regulation. Regulation is wasting tax money, and when the government wants more to waste, they raise taxes.
From what you just posted I gather your probably a very stupid person. I have no clue why the hell you even posted.. Read the guys COMPLETE POST you illiterate moron or maybe you have ADD and cant handle reading posts more than 2 sentences long... And where the hell did you get communism from you stupid f@g?? Stuff is regulated so that huge companies are forced to follow rules and guidelines to protect the little guys (small companies and customers)
Go back to school you stupid hick, and if you are in school your a complete moron and should kill yourself.
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 Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
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Erie, PA | [begin sarcasm]A well reasoned post lazarus. Obviously you are well informed on the subject; And I can tell because of your informed use of the terms "stupid hick" and "f--". Everybody knows that use of such words indicate intelligence.[end sarcasm]
De-regulation done properly results in fairer prices, more competition, and quicker adoption of newer viable technologies.
Personally what I think needs to happen is that local government's need to lay their own fiber and then let other companies (unregulated) offer services over that fiber.
You do know that de-regulation doesn't mean that companies are free to do what ever they want;right. they still have to operate within the law.
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| Within what law? If the laws, regulations, and regulating bodies are removed, WHAT LAWS??? |
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Re: bad idea! said by Combat Chuck:
[begin sarcasm] * Guess the people that can barely read at a grade 4 level need this to tell when your not serious?* A well reasoned post lazarus. Obviously you are well informed on the subject; And I can tell because of your informed use of the terms "stupid hick" and "f--". Everybody knows that use of such words indicate intelligence.[end sarcasm]
De-regulation done properly results in fairer prices, more competition, and quicker adoption of newer viable technologies.
Personally what I think needs to happen is that local government's need to lay their own fiber and then let other companies (unregulated) offer services over that fiber.
You do know that de-regulation doesn't mean that companies are free to do what ever they want;right. they still have to operate within the law.
Why would he bother quoting one part of a post and then make up a response that makes no sense? He throws in something about communism and wasting tax payers money when he has no clue what he is talking about! I felt like I was actually losing brain cells reading that piece of crap.
Anyways.
Your theory about De-regulation is valid, but......
Guess what else works great if done properly!! Communism but it dosin't take a a genius to figure out why it wont ever work. Power and greed corrupt. De-regulation will only hurt the end user if its not "done correctly" (as you so stated) before the government decides to go through with this they should look at the long term affects.
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Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
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Erie, PA | reply to ross
Re: Within what law? De-regulation does not remove all laws, what they're taking away is the regulations imposed on them by the state because they're a monopoly; which is debatable depending on how you look at it.
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Combat ChuckToo Many CannibalsPremium
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Re: bad idea! said by lazarus_:
Why would he bother quoting one part of a post and then make up a response that makes no sense?
Why would you quote his post and resort to personal attacks and name calling because you didn't see his point; or more likely because you don't agree with his point and don't see any value in opinions that don't agree with your own.
as for De-regulation:
De-regulation does and has worked in some currently regulated industries (For instance the electric utilities in Pennsylvania). Many instances where "de-regulation" didn't work actually end up as failures because they were done to make voters happy, or without enough thought. For example, California electric utilities; only the fuel supplier side was deregulated, while the consumers got a price freeze. When the price for fuels (coal,oil,natural gas) went up the power companies couldn't raise prices to compensate, so they quit generating power because they couldn't afford it. It was de-regulation in name only.
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* Guess the people that can barely read at a grade 4 level need this to tell when your not serious?*
You'd be surprised.
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| Hydro got deregulated in my province as well. So far the price has gone up and on top of that the hydro companies didin't get stuck with the debt... The tax payers are forced to pay the hydro companies debts while they are free to make profit, to add insult to injury the hydro companies wanted to sell Our hydro to the USA at discount prices while we get screwed with the high prices and paying off a companies debt that has nothing to do with us. De-regulation is a joke, its just the rich people looking out for the rich. In the end only the "poor" people get screwed.
And its true that most college students in Canada read at a grade 6 level. I would guess its a little lower in the USA since you have way more people.
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| My wife is from Northern Ontario, and she's told me of electricity bills over $1000 CAN ($650 US) for ONE month.
Wasn't Ontario Hydro (whatever your electric utility is called), forces to give a lot of money back to consumers after screwing them for so many years? |
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