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To: dirtboy

Over $800 million in government subsidies is not “market forces.” That subsidy allows the NWS to give away its product for free. Unlike a private company, that subsidy will allow the NWS to stay in business even if it does a very poor job.


52 posted on 08/23/2007 8:24:01 AM PDT by JohnRLott
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To: JohnRLott
Over $800 million in government subsidies is not “market forces.” That subsidy allows the NWS to give away its product for free. Unlike a private company, that subsidy will allow the NWS to stay in business even if it does a very poor job.

Apparently, the quality differential is not so high as to make people wish a change. $800 million works out to less that $3 per capita in tax dollars.

55 posted on 08/23/2007 8:35:36 AM PDT by dirtboy (Impeach Chertoff and Gonzales. We can't wait until 2009 for them to be gone.)
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