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On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 12:16:02 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
wrote:

In article ,
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Enron *was* a failure of government, just as the housing market crash was
a failure of government.

Not so. Enron was a perfect example of what the free market will always do
if given a chance with little actual downside to doing it...manipulate the
market. Enron did it with electricity and many, many brokers did it with
housing...with the collusion of the banks

Who left the village idiot outside overnight again?!

Your mother. Shame on her, we will have to call child protective services to
rescue you



Only a leftist moron would disallow futures trading by power companies,
for example. Forcing them to buy on the spot market is just demanding
that some one else fill that void, at the rate-payers' expense.