[jsm30625]

"Unseen" if you know anything about government controlled utilies, you would realize that government tends to exacerbate the problem, not solve it.

Case in point- CA government puts price caps on electricity, demand goes up because of cheap prices, and blackouts occur. Let alone the fact that some electicity companies left CA to pursue a more lucrative market that could actually turn up a profit.

http://www.rppi.org/041901.html

When phone service was deregulated, we now have a broken government monopoly, and can pay as little as 5.95 a month for phone service (www.broadvoice.com)

[unseen]

The Blackouts in CA were caused by the "free market" power companies trying to price fix. the electric companies i.e ENRON used several ways to limit supply of electricity to drive up the price. It is amazing that CA hasn't had a power blackout since ENRON went belly up huh? So a free unregulated economy is NOT the end all be all that people think it is. True regulations hurt the economy and I think the liberal went way to far in the 60's and 70's and Regan restored sanity to the system but I think the REPS are starting to go way to far on the other end. Image a total free market with no regulation and no controls. The middle class would be gone within ten years.