[AndyJackson]

We tried this once before with the railroads. The result of their abuse of the granted economic power (it wasn't just the land between the left and right rails of the track), was the most massive regulation anyone has yet seen.

In the first place you have to condemn and provide the land for the right of way. And once that is done you have granted that operator a monopoly on that presumably rather long stretch of road.

[vooch]

Full privatization implies no regulation

the private RRs despite their many flaws was a successful transportation system- prices plummeted and quality skyrocketed

[Sequoyah101]

Andy, you are wasting your breath. Either nothing to work with or some other motivation is in control of your opponent.

As I have said before, pure capitalism is just as bad as pure socialism.

Paul Harvey said it well, “Self-government without self-control will not work.” Given the opportunity to feather their own nest most people do not have self-control and must therefore be controlled.

I found an answer to a question I have had for ages, Is man inately good or bad? The answer is in Genesis 6 or 7 and it is that man is inately BAD. God says so when He regrets the flood and promises not to do that again but then He says He should have known better than to expect man to become anything but wicked since He made man and gave him free will.