[lbo-talk] a third-world grid

[Jon Johanning]

Interesting that the higher-grade news media, at least, are emphasizing 
that one background cause of the great blackout was inadequate spending 
on maintaining the infrastructure (and this applies to other parts of 
the country's infrastructure besides the electrical grid), that private 
corporations have not seen a profit incentive to spend on infrastructure 
maintenance, and that the government needs to play a bigger role.

In short, is the idea of (gasp!) socialism beginning to rear its "ugly" 
head once again in this "land of the free (enterprise)"? And will 
Americans begin to get the idea that public (government) funding might 
be needed in some other fields -- such as health care?

Jon Johanning // jjohanning at igc.org
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