[PRCo] Re: Gas Prices

[John Swindler]

I rather like the 'balance of power' where government has safety oversight and/or regulation to try to balance out unlimited profit motive.  OK, so that can be very unrealistic in the world in which we live.
 
Cheers
John
 
 
> From: trams2 at comcast.net> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Gas Prices> Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:54:11 -0500> > If you remove the profit motive, you remove the incentive for any kind of> quality or service. But you also get in trouble when there is unlimited> profit motive, because in the hubris, the recognized need for those> qualities gets lost.> > As with everything else, the best position is somewhere in the middle.> > Ed> > -----Original Message-----> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of John> Swindler> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:37 AM> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Gas Prices> > > > We already have an example of socialized medicine in this country. It's> called the Veteran's Administration. > > I've heard some good stories about the VA, particularly the one in Lebanon,> but also too many horror stories. Also, there were three incidents over> past 12-15 months of patients being ignored in emergency rooms to die. All> three happened in government run facilities. I'd rather be able to schedule> an appointment at Lancaster General instead of being put on a VA waiting> list.> > John> > > > > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:50:18 -0800> From: pcc_sr at yahoo.com> Subject:> [PRCo] Re: Gas Prices> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > > -----> Original Message ----> > > From: John Swindler <j_swindler at hotmail.com>> > >> > > > My wife went on a mission trip to Novosibirsk several> > years ago,> and at a get-together showed a picture of our > > house. The 'locals' wanted> to know on which floor was> > our apartment located. She felt embarrassed> telling them> > that we lived in the entire house. And our > > square> footage is smaller then the average.> > When living in San Francisco in the> 1980s I attended a> church which had a big missionary project to Russia> as> well as Russian immigrants here. Mention a trip> to the super market and> they begged to go along. They> were constantly astonished at the variety we> have here.> > The battle cry of protesters coming out of the hippy era> was> 'food for people not for profit.' Remove the profit> incentive and there> goes our variety doesn!> 't it. That's why> I give pause to 'socialized' medicine. As I mentioned> before> we seem to have much better health care in some respects> than> Britain. But 'if' we go socialized method I shall> probably be pushing up> the daisies by then.> > > Phil> > > > > >> _________________________________________________________________> Life on your PC is safer, easier, and more enjoyable with Windows VistaR. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/127032870/direct/01/> > > > 
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