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To: American Spirit who wrote (2151)	10/10/2003 7:56:56 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7936

Conservatives need to stop saying regulation is a bad thing I actually agree if they are trying to be accurate. Overregulation and poorly designed regulation (both of which we have) are bad things but regulation as a whole is not a bad thing. Without regulation the corporate crooks would become permanent piggies at the trough and pollute the hell outn of us at the same time. With any possible level of regulation you would still have "pigs at the trough" and pollution. In fact the pigs at the trough often are given the trough by government rules. This is not an argument against regulation, or even regulation in these specific areas merely a response to your specific statement. Bush's deregulation on the environment is already having dastardly effects. Message 19387423 The Enron-Bushi deregulation of energy There have been a number of things called "deregulation of energy". Most of them where no such thing. No actual major deregulation effort is commonly known as or even reasonably described as "The Enron-Bush deregulation". Tim

To: American Spirit who wrote (2151)	10/13/2003 2:58:56 PM
From: Original Mad Dog	Respond to of 7936

It's a big stinky racket those deregulation forces. Was deregulating phone service a bad thing? (Compare phone prices and telecommunications choices then versus now) Was deregulating airlines a bad thing? (Air fares went down by a huge amount, choices dramatically expanded, and the losers were airlines who found it difficult to make money) I think the challenge is to deregulate in a manner which creates a competitive market that innovates and cuts costs while preserving regulation in those areas where it makes the most sense to protect the public good (the best example being environmental protection which prevents companies from profiting at the expense of the environment). To say that all regulation is bad or deregulation is a "big stinky racket" is meaningless without discussing facts about what has worked and what hasn't and why.