Re: DEMOCRATS AGAIN PREVENTING AMERICA FROM DRILLING FOR OIL!!

Bob Eld wrote:

> "Monkey Clumps" <spacebrain71@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Cut.....
> > Oh geez.  We're facing an energy crisis that requires innovation and
> > efficiency to get through and you suggest we solve the problem with
> > socialism and government intervention, a guaranteed destroyer of
> > innovation and efficiency.  Sounds like a brilliant plan. *roll eyes*
>
> Absolutely, that's the way im****tant, extensive and costly things get
done.
> That's the way we went to the moon, developed the atomic bomb, built the
> interstate highway system. Built the locks and dams on the rivers, built
the
> canals and water systems on and on. Major projects require government
> intervention if they are to be accomplished. Private industry will not
do
> them unless there is a clear short term profit.

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You make a very valid point.

One way we in the UK have partly managed to get round this for big
infrastructure projects is through 'public-private partner****ps'.

It's hasn't worked perfectly but then it's a newish idea. Basically the
gov't
wants something done and wants the private sector to finance it instead of
through increased taxes. In return it underwrites the contractors against
loss
and I presume also assures a reasonable return on their investment.

Graham