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gbaikie — 9/6/2003 9:16:36 PM (archived)

"Deregulated energy has not been the boon Republican's claimed and airlines are failing left and right rather than going gangbusters."

The purpose of deregulating airlines is to lower the cost and provide better service to the passengers. The purpose of deregulating energy is to lower cost and provide better service to electrical consumers. If deregulating does not allow more real choices to consumers it is not successful- in order words if you only really have one choice of who to buy your electrical power from then it's very likely that you haven't had "deregulation" electrical power- if you only & "always" have two choices it's also not been deregulated- new businesses starting and others failing is a sign that you have real competition. Simple metric: Regulation = helps create molopolies & Deregulation = allows real competition.

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Something interesting I found while browsing the CBO site... - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2003 1:34:22 AM
- Bush 1 Raised Taxes Because Trickledown Didn't Work - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 4:57:11 AM
  - Yeah, I remember the allocades the Democrats gave him for that... - Tom Brosz - 9/6/2003 5:33:15 AM
    - Ah yes, those were the days... - Greg - 9/7/2003 4:19:31 PM
    - Doubt Your Facts As Well - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 4:52:12 PM
      - re: Doubt Your Facts As Well - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2003 3:16:23 AM
        
        Another Lesson In Data Fudging - Mark Eby - 9/7/2003 4:52:10 AM
        
        re: Another Lesson In Data Fudging - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2003 6:32:48 AM
        
        The Point Of Our Government Is Not - Mark Eby - 9/7/2003 9:57:43 PM
        
        You Seem To Be Under The False Impression That - Mark Eby - 9/7/2003 5:43:56 PM
        
        False Impression - Tom Brosz - 9/8/2003 3:45:38 AM
        
        Ever heard of democracy? - Buster - 9/8/2003 2:36:50 PM
        
        re: False Impression - Greg - 9/8/2003 12:27:26 PM
        
        re: False Impression - Tom Brosz - 9/9/2003 12:11:57 AM
        
        re: False Impression - gbaikie - 9/8/2003 8:14:14 PM
        
        re: False Impression - Greg - 9/9/2003 4:15:56 AM
        
        re: False Impression - gbaikie - 9/9/2003 7:57:13 AM
    - It's Not That Simple Tom - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 4:42:09 PM
      - re: It's Not That Simple Tom - gbaikie - 9/6/2003 9:16:36 PM
        
        And The Unintended Consequences Are - Mark Eby - 9/6/2003 10:24:41 PM
        
        re: And The Unintended Consequences Are - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2003 3:29:14 AM
        
        re: And The Unintended Consequences Are - gbaikie - 9/6/2003 10:58:18 PM
        
        re: And The Unintended Consequences Are - Mark Eby - 9/7/2003 12:11:44 AM
        
        Unintended Consequences - Tom Brosz - 9/7/2003 3:34:38 AM
        
        Dennis Kucinich Gets a Well-Deserved Payback for Integrity from the Northeast Blackout - Greg - 9/7/2003 4:18:06 AM
        
        imagine that - unrestrained capitalism focusing only on the bottom line - Buster - 9/9/2003 2:12:13 PM
        
        re: imagine that - unrestrained capitalism focusing only on the bottom line - Greg - 9/10/2003 11:20:50 AM

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