The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

I often see people on Oxford Street riding about on those.

Several Bengals players have them and ride them around between practices & workouts.  Just waiting for one of them to fall off and miss games due to injury

[Syt]

I'm rather surprised that those things are sturdy enough to carry NFL players.

[Josquius]

so, in Hungary, the government has started buying up the electricity providers. Because it's easier to win elections when you can just decrease utility prices and pay the difference from tax money. But ANYWAYS, the first change with one of the providers was rather symbolic of the increased efficiency of state ownership.

The provider's web address was "elmu.hu" The new ownership has changed this to:

elmuemaszenergiaszolgaltato.hu

1: yay capitalism
2: they really don't get this .com thing do they

[Habbaku]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

[Valmy]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

And ones that were probably protected and regulated monopolies to begin with

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

Obviously they should just be nationalizing them.

[Josquius]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

I know nothing of the situation and just going off what Tamas said here but it seems to be a political party buying the company to use it to rig elections in its favour.
Perfect example of what too little regulation does

[Valmy]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

I know nothing of the situation and just going off what Tamas said here but it seems to be a political party buying the company to use it to rig elections in its favour.
Perfect example of what too little regulation does

What Tamas said was:

the government has started buying up the electricity providers.

Then he referenced later the impact of 'state ownership'.

[derspiess]

Lol, that's a result of too little regulation?

[Valmy]

Lol, that's a result of too little regulation?

Well I admit there probably should be laws against the central government buying local utilities.

[Grey Fox]

They are not the same things.

[Habbaku]

Lol, that's a result of too little regulation?

Worse: capitalism.

[Habbaku]

They are not the same things.

Could you clarify what you mean?

[Barrister]

Tyr, if a country's government buying up a private enterprise is capitalism, what isn't?

I know nothing of the situation and just going off what Tamas said here but it seems to be a political party buying the company to use it to rig elections in its favour.
Perfect example of what too little regulation does

Admit it - you're just trolling us at this point, right?

[Grey Fox]

They are not the same things.

Could you clarify what you mean?

Government regulation & government ownership are not the same things. One doesn't have to preclude the other.