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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (426921)	7/14/2003 4:54:22 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Private concerns drool over the prospect of being allowed to compete in the delivery of mail.

To: Neocon who wrote (426921)	7/14/2003 5:19:20 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"...However, port dredging probably has enormous returns for regional economies, which impact on the national economy." >>> Check out the 'Tenn-Tom' canal between Tenn. and Ala if you truly want to understand the word 'boondoggle'. Pitched as a 'vital infrastructure resource', it's now a rich man's inland yaughting get-away. (Then again, maybe the Osprey will prove to be even more flawed in vision....) "Even beach front replenishment, by keeping the tourist economy going, makes sure that we do not have pockets of severe poverty near the coastal areas." >>> Oh, now, you can't sell me on THAT one! "Adam Smith considered some investments to be unattractive to private concerns, but very useful to the promotion of business generally, like the building of roads and the maintenance of a postal service." >>> Yep. A natural monopoly has it's place.