02-06-2009, 06:48 PM
cbelt3 wrote:
The base problem is that all of the industries that benefited from the new deal's infrastructure rich projects have just cashed the checks without reinvesting. The telephone system was also distributed rurally by dint of law (and federal funding). No such law applies to broadband- you can thank 'de-regulation'.
Hence our overall infrastructure is in collapse. I personally think much of the infrastructure should be massively re-regulated and nationalized. After all, our tax dollars made the initial investment. Deregulation has been very, very, very bad for the US.
how is that different from Socialism? i'm not asking to be snarky, at all. it seems whenever people talk about government regulation on a large scale, it brings the pinkoo commies zombies out of the woodwork. since i'm fuzzy on the distinctions between the economic systems, i then get mentally stuck.