| Final-Fan said: Personally, I'd like to see airlines nationalized. Even mrstickball will admit that government incompetence could hardly be worse than the incompetence we've been seeing from many of the airline companies, and if taxpayer money is bailing them out every decade or so anyway shouldn't taxpayer money get what it's paying for? |
I honestly cannot comment on airlines, as I haven't read enough concerning their major problems, and how to fix them. I think, though, that its one area that regulations may be a good thing to have - to ensure unification of standards, airlines, and solutions prior to their de-regulation in the 70's.
Having said that, I do fly a lot. I know people that travel a lot speak fondly of how the system was prior to de-regulation.
Maybe the government should let 'em all go bankrupt (no bailouts) and if they do indeed all fail....Start it back up as a public utility. Not sure though, I still need to research all of the causes of US airline woes.
Now, about the land issues of America and the dust bowl:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/F/FR013.html
After some time, the government gave away free homes and waived all fees for people to get free land from former indian territories. Essentially, the government gave them the land, provided they 'improved it'. How did they improve it? By laying the ground work for massive farms, which eventually led to the over-farming which casued the dust bowl.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
