Posted on 10/23/2013 5:09:58 AM PDT by Rebelbase
WASHINGTON (AP) The federal government is going into uncharted waters, deep-sixing the giant paper nautical charts that it has been printing for mariners for more than 150 years.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Tuesday that to save money, the government will stop turning out the traditional brownish, heavy paper maps after mid-April.
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If you knew what they charge for an ad you would not need to ask that question.
The cost is outrageous, for an ad placed on a piece of paper so thin you could use it for TP.
“When the lights go out........... Sextant/protractor/compass. Just sayin.”
The majority of 21st century offshore recreational boaters probably think a Sextant is some kind of marital device, a protractor is a medieval form of Viagra and a compass a novelty toy.
Exactly.
> If you knew what they charge for an ad you would not need to ask that question.
The cost is outrageous, for an ad placed on a piece of paper so thin you could use it for TP.
I know they are thousands of dollars depending on the size.
It always amazes me that people make comments without reading the article.
You must not be a supply and demand kind of person are you?
Do you say the same thing about top heart surgeon’s making a bazillion dollars? I mean they have the skills to save a life, they should do it for whatever their patient can afford right?
It amazes me, when they actually do read the article. BTW...Fire Muschamp!
Indeed I do say the same thing, but you are ignoring the artificial limitation in the market on the number of cardiovascular surgeons. What in the world makes you think that someone can simply charge whatever they want, without the consequence of other people offering more of the same thing? The number of doctors and hospitial beds are strictly limited by the government. Remove that limit and let them charge what they want. What do you have against individual freedom?
You do realize that the phone company was granted a monopoly right? There is nothing free and open about a government enforced monopoly.
Good Luck.
BOY Deadliest catch captains going be pissed
So you’re arguement is to have no rules at all? I mean we could have 20 telephone company’s in the same area. We could have telephone poles and wires hanging all over the place, probably couldn’t even see the sky there would be so many of them, and with doctors, I mean who needs all that education anyways? I say if you want to call yourself a doctor and do open heart surgery for 99.99 let’s do it. That will lower prices and increase competiton with no risk to consumers.
Don’t look, but there are now dozens of telephone companies, and the sky is still visible. You might want to think before you talk.
Per the number of doctors, you illogically conclude that removing government restrictions on the number can only be done by removing current residency and board requirements. Does that even make sense to you?
Don’t look, but there are now dozens of telephone companies, and the sky is still visible. You might want to think before you talk.
Per the number of doctors, you illogically conclude that removing government restrictions on the number can only be done by removing current residency and board requirements. Does that even make sense to you?
Actually you were referring to a telephone directory monopoly if you want to get technical and you are wrong on both fronts, first when a telephone monopoly existed the technology didn’t exist to have multiple hard wire companies in one area, the internet is what expanded that. Also, you complain about telephone companies raking people over the coals for ad rates but there was never a telephone book monopoly. 3rd party publishers existed for a long time before people flocked to the internet. You can’t fault a telephone company for charging high rates for ad’s when the people themselves choose to use the phone book from the company that provided their phone service.
I’ll stay away from the doctors since I know little to nothing about residency and board requirements.
So having a monopoly isn’t a competitive game changer in your book? The yellow book rates should have been regulated just like the phone rates. Once a monopoly is given, it is incumbent upon regulators to regulate. The customers were paying the company to receive annual phone books, so every dollar of ad revenue was profit. All competitors would clearly be on different ground.
I’m not sure you understand the phone book business at all. Any company at any time could have printed a book and sent it to everyone in an area, these competitors that did send a book did not charge people to have the book, they were published and delivered for free.
And who paid to print and distribute them? In the case of the phone company with the monopoly, it was the customers. In the business world, they call that an advantage. When it is the result of a government mandated monopoly, its called a racket.
You just aren’t paying attention to what I’m saying. It can’t be a monopoly when you have competition as well as the ability for anyone to enter the market.
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