On Thu, 28 May 2009 16:14:04 +0100
"bradders" wrote:
burden and increase their lot. It is about eliminating the waste caused by
capitalism (four shops next to each other selling the same things in
capitalism, plus billions of wasted hours dealing with administration, money

Of course what you conveniently forget like most socialists is that if there
wasn't a market for 4 different shops next to each other then most of them
would not make any money and go out of business. The fact that they don't in
your hypothetical example means that people quite like the choice - choice
for people not being something else not top of the list when it comes to
socialism. I guess your ideal would be 1 shop for everyone , like it or lump
it, perhaps with a catchy name such as GUM.

If you don't have competition you have no reason for people to pull their
finger out and work hard. They can just coast along because there'll always
be customers/clients as they have nowhere else to go.

wonder they went under they way they did things though), Stagecoach and all
the rest do the same, cut corners, cut staff, cut services and cut pay,

Unlike the angelic downtrodden "working man" who would never go on strike for
more money and less hours when they have a reasonable deal already, oh no...

The union has every right to do what they can to protect other staff from
management and to restore his position/ secure for him full compensation.

And the management has every right to deal with bloody minded workers who
seem to find turning up and doing the job they're paid to do on a
consistent basis a bit of a pain in the arse.

B2003