Government Run?

in the early evening on Friday, the 2nd of November 2007 by Chad

So who wants government run healthcare?

Who wants government run healthcare that remembers when the government managed phone service. In the 70’s long distance was much more expensive than now, and you could only rent the phones.

Or the government regulating the airline industry?

Before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, the Civil Aeronautics Board regulated every detail of the airline industry. Most importantly, it determined what routes each airline could fly and what air fares each could charge. It even determined whether a new airline could enter the industry. It also regulated levels of service, employment policies, finances, business structure, cargo and other factors.

But under the 1978 Act and the subsequent Civil Aeronautics Board Sunset Act of 1984, all this regulatory power was eliminated and the CAB was phased out. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) retained authority to regulate air safety. The overwhelmingly beneficial results of this deregulation surprised even the most ardent advocates of reform.

Airline ticket prices today are almost 40 percent lower, after inflation, than before deregulation. This price reduction saves consumers about $20 billion per year, according to Robert Crandall, senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, and Jerry Ellig, senior research fellow at the Center for Market Processes at George Mason University.

What would you rather have? Government running and regulating healthcare?

Or maybe we switch it out and have the government pay for… all telecommunications? Internet, land line and cellular.

All for free. Well, not for free, you just get the illusion that everyone else is paying for it instead of you still paying for it. Because that’s what most people who think we should have government controlled or managed health care really want. Is the illusion of not having to pay for it.