[PRCo] Re: Gas Prices

[Schneider Fred]

Some countries do better than others but it isn't easy to have  
government in the board room is it?????   I guess we will just have a  
total economic collapse every 50 to 100 years?

On Dec 30, 2008, at 9:01 AM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> 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 thre!
>  e 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 t!
>  rip> to the super market and> they begged to go along. They> were  
> cons
> tantly 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> > > > > >>  
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