[SergeiRachmaninov]

Electricity, gas, telecommunications, water and the Internet are four that leap immediately to mind. Nobody should make a profit from any of these amenities: they should be viewed as sunk costs, the price that Civilization pays for progress. They should be nationalized and provided at-cost, for the good of the Nation.

ibtz

[DieHard the Hunter]

> ibtz

Yeah right. There is nothing zottable about observing that where there is no risk, there should be no reward.

That is about as Capitalist as life gets. That is a core Conservative value.

Providing core infrastructure has been risk-free for a very, very long time. Profit is the just reward for taking risks.

There is not and never was any risk associated with taking assets that were once-upon-a-time state owned and state-built and state-paid-for, and operating them.

So it boggles the mind to see where there should be any profit: it has not been earned.

No risk = No Reward.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Since Jun 22, 2007

Oh, and welcome to the Free Republic.