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I'd think the UK population are a bit gunshy about privatization after privatisation of British Rail. I'd also think that the US would have learned their lesson
by fooster 10y ago
I'd think the UK population are a bit gunshy about privatization after privatisation of British Rail. I'd also think that the US would have learned their lesson by looking an Enron... but since when have facts gotten in the way of a good story?
- ZenoArrow 10y ago> "I'd also think that the US would have learned their lesson by looking an Enron... but since when have facts gotten in the way of a good story?" I'm not sure what you meant by this, can you explain further?
- fooster 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_electricity_crisis Overall this crisis, imo, was caused by the pro-privatization advocates arguing for deregulation. The wikipedia article addresses this to some extent.
- pjc50 10y agoThe population is quite against it, but that makes little difference when politics and the media are as dysfunctional as they are at the moment.