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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by tomtrain Yes, that would be personal choice. It would be voting with one's dollars. Isn't the government "guaranteeing a profit" just asking for another floor to be built on an economic house of cards? [/quote] I don't think it's a case of government "guaranteeing a profit" so much as it is facilitating an incubation period until the enterprise can stand on it's own feet. Also, when you look at the mountains of regulations our government has laid down on such capital-intensive enterprises, it is apt to suggest that government support for such enterprises is a way of mitigating the unfunded mandate of over-regulation in the first place. Of course, I also favor the government getting rid of most of those regulations, which in and of itself would allow the cessation of the subsidies, et al. This is the price of environmental regulation - we end up having to subsidize the industries most affected by environmental regulations so they can stay competitive.
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