Hmmm
Makes me think of a statement I heard yesterday made by a founding father.
It Started out "This government was made for a moral people....." The basic
Gist is our government was designed to keep a basically honest people
honest. As soon as The dishonest people became prevalent (E.g. monopolies,
unfair employers) the Laws/regulations in the book grew in number.

--
Young Carpenter

"Violin playing and Woodworking are similar, it takes plenty of money,
plenty of practice, and you usually make way more noise than intended"

"Mike in Mystic" wrote in message
...
You're a Democrat, aren't you, Charlie?

I, for one, think we are already over-regulated. Sure, there are cases
where some controls might be appropriate, but in general I feel that in
terms of government "Less is More".

Mike

--

There are no stupid questions.
There are a LOT of inquisitive idiots.


"Charlie Self" wrote in message
...
bruce writes:

It is probable that we need to return to the early '70s and the
windfall
profit
tax laws. A lot of this price gouging would disappear if there were no
extra
profits made.

Sure, let's kill the industry again. I lived through that ill
conceived
idea, right her in Texas buddy. It put hundreds of thousands on the
streets and killed the city of Houston for a decade. Screw that.

You want to talk windfall profits? Take a look at pharamacuticals,
banking, finance and medicine and leave the god damn oil industry
alone.

Sure. Let 'em gouge the consumer to keep some others working.

I can't argue at least the pharmaceuticals need controls, but what they
really
need is there is a share-out with other countries for the R&D, so the
U.S.
consumer doesn't pay the entire load for the entire world. The medical
industry
is a real case. I don't even begin to know what the solution is.

But I'm not exactly sure how a windfall profits tax could have done so
much
damage: it taxed only excess profits.

Check your info. I think it was the Arabs and their shutting off the oil
taps
that created the Houson problem.

If it wasn't, and the oil industry needs to screw the consumer more than
it
normally does just to stay in business, then it's really time for
tighter
regulation.

Charlie Self

"Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the
tranquil
and
steady dedication of a lifetime. "
Adlai E. Stevenson



















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