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On Mon, 8 Mar 1999 04:34:02 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:
> Shorn of
> any connection to the market, government authorities run by unelected
> officials can make remarkably stupid decisions in a repeatable,
> consistent manner.
Privatisation also has a history of making stuff a hell of a lot more
expensive. Frex, the trains system here has been privatised a few
years ago. Now, the gummint has to pay the NS more money to support
them, than that the loss used to be when it was still wholly gummint
owned. _And_ most of the non-profitmaking lines to outlying regions
are being kicked. And why is that bad? because we're trying to reduce
car-use around here, and if there's no reasonable Public Transport
alternative, making cars more expensive [1] simply doesn't help.
Jasper
[1] Gas is well over $1 per _liter_ here. USAnians complain about high
prices of $1 per gallon, which is over 4 liters IIRC. Car prices are
less inflated, but still more expensive.
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