tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post9188952545218579935..comments2023-08-07T09:56:04.428-05:00Comments on Better Than Machines: Flying in the "Free Market"Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11154351095467482965noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-3587668274483360382009-04-16T18:08:00.000-05:002009-04-16T18:08:00.000-05:00I think we treat struggling big corporations in al...I think we treat struggling big corporations in almost the worst way possible. We prop them up with public money, so that they can continue to generate private profits and exercise private control over our society. We subsidize private privilege. <br /><br />I say, if a big corporation is going to take a tumble, we let it fall and "bail out" the people who are most adversely affected by it. <I><B>Or</B></I>, we take public control of it, spreading the burden of the hard times as widely as possible, while exercising democratic control over the company. And if/when things turn around for the company, the profits are also spread around as widely as possible.<br /><br />Seems like a no brainer, but during much of our history, such talk would get you arrested.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11154351095467482965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-35412107371196080272009-04-13T21:50:00.000-05:002009-04-13T21:50:00.000-05:00I still think we should have let them go bankrupt ...I still think we should have let them go bankrupt after 9/11. It would have been rough, but something else would have come up. And what have they done since that bailout? Dumped jobs, dumped pensions, nickeled and dimed us, and generally sucked hard.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06517252487552392654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-15032191296296532082009-04-13T19:47:00.000-05:002009-04-13T19:47:00.000-05:00I agree wholeheartedly! This kind of thing just fr...I agree wholeheartedly! This kind of thing just frustrates me to no end. We just pay what they tell us to, cause we have no choice. That and the fact that on many domestic flights, the staff kind of treat you with contempt if you ask any question or have any type of need. And actually, I think the airlines that don't charge all that extra stuff are actually doing better, aren't they? Like Southwest.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969357513275063157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4065910512732060865.post-63988360899171317472009-04-13T11:57:00.000-05:002009-04-13T11:57:00.000-05:00Actually, on some airlines, you already have to pa...Actually, on some airlines, you already have to pay extra for "prime" seats. Like the emergency exit row. Or the front.<BR/><BR/>Money can get you anything!!!!M and Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09949403946041080463noreply@blogger.com