| MrT-Tar said: I think that the bus network is a very good candidate for nationalisation, fares are ridiculously expensive (£3.50 ($5.56) for just over 3 miles is a fucking joke). The state could also re-invest a lot of the profit in the conversion to hydrogen. I would like to see the likes of school catering in the state's hands as well. I still stand by my belief that if the Government retained some nationalised industries, the budget deficit would be much lower, due to the dividends. Privatisation raises a hell of a lot of money in the short term (see the massive budget surpluses and tax cuts during the second half of the Thatcher years), but in the long term it drastically reduces the money the Government gets. |
I'm a huge fan of
1) Declaring a state of national emergency due to the state of the debt (justifiable)
2) Forcibly acquiring bus services, trains, utilities on the grounds of how shockingly bad they are run
3) ???
4) PROFIT (especially since the gvt already subsidises train and bus companies right now. That's right, you pay in taxes now AND you pay huge fares.)
Of course it is politically impossible. Doesn't mean it isn't desirable.
