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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robert871" data-source="post: 1588945" data-attributes="member: 10963">thank you dustin for your knowledgeable reply. i had written a large post and screwed up and closed the screen on my keyboard and lost the whole post, so i am not going to say everything i was going to. i admit me saying that these industries being buddy buddy with the government, was an incorrect statement and i retract it. but i stick to the idea that capitalism is not at work here. when the government dictates what types of system the company can build and cannot build, or where it can obtain its consumable materials without allowing a public decision; its not a capitalistic system anymore. especially when the infrastructure is not powerful enough to meet the current highest possible demands, and the demand will only continue to rise with time. I will also give you that we are responsible for the blame we place on our leaders because they are there because we either voted them there, or failed to vote against them; but i do not actually believe we have the power to really change how our government operates. lets be honest, the way our governing system is setup currently, its well beyond the work load of two full time jobs just to keep up with what our leaders are doing on the local and federal levels, and that does not include the efforts it would take for a person to take action in affecting how things turn out. the system no longer works for us, we are enslaved by it, its simply impossible for us to control; its simply far to complex, spread out, and constantly heading in the wrong direction, its not designed for anyone with a job and family to be able to keep up with and make an educated decision and vote or press their decision to the government. and whats even more sad is the amount of people who have given up and are welcome to living as a slave to the government by accepting its social aid in return for their vote.. but this is only tied to the current topic because this uncontrollable government is hindering the private industry's ability to provide a paid service to its customers, a service that is highly and commonly demanded by all; and that is not capitalistic. the people that oppose capitalism commonly use the pictures of the old days when the robber baron companies enslaved its workers and customers to work and buy from them, paying them horrible wages and making them work in horrible environments; which is true, capitalism had its issues, and we relied on the government to iron them our and insure us a safe, and well paying work place; but they have taken it too far and are now pressing their thumb too heavily upon both small and large business alike. i do not believe the idea that the large companies are out to get us is true either. in fact i think its just the opposite; the large companies want us to thrive because when the consumer is happy and has excess income, they can and will buy the companies products and services. when we suffer so does their bottom line. all i was trying to say is i feel if the government would back off, and let the private system do its job, we would end up with a stronger more reliable infrastructure. and on top of that the country would grow and prosper as a nation of hard working people who value success by hard work, intelligence, and positive choices. but instead, we get fear of rolling blackouts, water restrictions, higher food prices, 20 percent of our paychecks gone before we even get them, and another nearly 10 percent when we go to spend them; and everyone is pissed off all the time about everything. my point is its the deviation form our capitalistic ways, that is to blame for the majority of our problems, and we have our increasingly difficult to control government to blame.</blockquote>

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