GM and Chysler Bankruptcies

[--Pete]

Hi,

I don't mind the government stepping in if there is a monopoly. Monopolies are not good for the consumer, I've never seen an economic model where they are.

Yep. They're especially bad for a free market since they stifle the competition that the free market is supposedly based on. However, regulating monopolies has historically been difficult and there has been, at best, little success.

I don't mind them setting environmental regulations.

Again, yes. But there needs to be some strong thinking done. Not environmental, but consider the case with sealed beam headlights. By defining what headlights had to *be* rather than what they had to *do*, the USA fell years behind the rest of the world in that technology.

They shouldn't own anything.

I agree. I'd go so far as to include roads, bridges, schools, and 'public buildings' in that 'anything'.

I would love a 3rd choice (or 4th or 5th or Xth) for many different reasons, this among them.

Yep. Ain't gonna happen unless we change our winner-take-all form of elections. Of course, expecting to have the winners in that form change the form that let them win is a bit optimistic;)

--Pete

EDIT: To the mods: could we disable the auto-error module on these forums? Every time I check the *perfect* post I just made, I find that that module has added a few random typos and/or mistakes. TIA. ;)