On 02/01/12 00:40, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:
Industries should not be nationalised, your bringing this up is a
strawman. The idea is that certain basic services such as traffic
systems, communication and the energy grids should be run by the
government, but not the entire economy.

I wholly agree that these things (with the exception of
communication[1]) are better organised for and by society as a whole.
However, the profitability issue is a separate one: there is no
particular reason why electricity supply, for example should make a loss.

Why, after all, should those who don't use much electricty subsidise
those who do? The same goes for railways.

Ian

[1] State control of communication is a scary concept. Look at SOPA in
the US for an example of where it can lead. Anyway, phone services in
the UK are far, far better and far, far cheaper than when the Post
Office had a monopoly.