Comments on: Deregulation Used to Be a Liberal Idea http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:51:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dimitris http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-40678 dimitris Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:10:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-40678 <p>A few years ago I read something in The Economist that resonates/dovetails with this article and the comments.</p> <p>It basically said (I'm paraphrasing, it's all from memory) that the Bush administration and a lot of Republican senators/representatives had often confused support of free private enterprise with its subtle opposite, support of <b>a</b> private enterprise.</p> <p>That same confusion makes appearances on TLF from time to time. CEI/AEI contibutors, that's you I'm looking at, for the most part.</p> A few years ago I read something in The Economist that resonates/dovetails with this article and the comments.

It basically said (I’m paraphrasing, it’s all from memory) that the Bush administration and a lot of Republican senators/representatives had often confused support of free private enterprise with its subtle opposite, support of a private enterprise.

That same confusion makes appearances on TLF from time to time. CEI/AEI contibutors, that’s you I’m looking at, for the most part.

]]> By: dimitris http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-45040 dimitris Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:10:27 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-45040 <p>A few years ago I read something in The Economist that resonates/dovetails with this article and the comments.</p> <p><br></p> <p>It basically said (I'm paraphrasing, it's all from memory) that the Bush administration and a lot of Republican senators/representatives had often confused support of free private enterprise with its subtle opposite, support of <b>a</b> private enterprise.</p> <p><br></p> <p>That same confusion makes appearances on TLF from time to time. CEI/AEI contibutors, that's you I'm looking at, for the most part.</p> A few years ago I read something in The Economist that resonates/dovetails with this article and the comments.


It basically said (I’m paraphrasing, it’s all from memory) that the Bush administration and a lot of Republican senators/representatives had often confused support of free private enterprise with its subtle opposite, support of a private enterprise.


That same confusion makes appearances on TLF from time to time. CEI/AEI contibutors, that’s you I’m looking at, for the most part.

]]> By: Other Ezra http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-40677 Other Ezra Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:48:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-40677 <p><i>"eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries"</i> <br /> Keeping your head and arms inside the Mixer at all times is a moral values issue.</p> “eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries”
Keeping your head and arms inside the Mixer at all times is a moral values issue.

]]> By: Other Ezra http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-45039 Other Ezra Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:48:48 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-45039 <p><i>"eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries"</i><br><br><br>Keeping your head and arms inside the Mixer at all times is a moral values issue.<br></br></p> “eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries”


Keeping your head and arms inside the Mixer at all times is a moral values issue.

]]> By: enigma_foundry http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-40676 enigma_foundry Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:53:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-40676 <p><i>Airline, trucking, and long distance deregulation were a win from just about every ideological perspective. It was good for consumers (especially low-income consumers), free markets, and economic efficiency. The major losers were incumbent businesses who no longer enjoyed monopoly profits.</i></p> <p>Agreed, but other deregulation, like the Reagan administration's efforts which deregulated some of the medical equipment or eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries, undercut health and safety efforts, but enriched corporations. Those are different, and largely happened outside of the arena of public debate.</p> Airline, trucking, and long distance deregulation were a win from just about every ideological perspective. It was good for consumers (especially low-income consumers), free markets, and economic efficiency. The major losers were incumbent businesses who no longer enjoyed monopoly profits.

Agreed, but other deregulation, like the Reagan administration’s efforts which deregulated some of the medical equipment or eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries, undercut health and safety efforts, but enriched corporations. Those are different, and largely happened outside of the arena of public debate.

]]> By: eee_eff http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/comment-page-1/#comment-45038 eee_eff Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:53:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/2008/02/25/deregulation-used-to-be-a-liberal-idea/#comment-45038 <p><i>Airline, trucking, and long distance deregulation were a win from just about every ideological perspective. It was good for consumers (especially low-income consumers), free markets, and economic efficiency. The major losers were incumbent businesses who no longer enjoyed monopoly profits.</i><br><br>Agreed, but other deregulation, like the Reagan administration's efforts which deregulated some of the medical equipment or eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries, undercut health and safety efforts, but enriched corporations. Those are different, and largely happened outside of the arena of public debate.</p> Airline, trucking, and long distance deregulation were a win from just about every ideological perspective. It was good for consumers (especially low-income consumers), free markets, and economic efficiency. The major losers were incumbent businesses who no longer enjoyed monopoly profits.

Agreed, but other deregulation, like the Reagan administration’s efforts which deregulated some of the medical equipment or eliminated the requirements for the reporting of amusement park deaths and injuries, undercut health and safety efforts, but enriched corporations. Those are different, and largely happened outside of the arena of public debate.

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