Those one of a kind businesses that are increasingly rare as as quasi-monopolies spread, are treasured in my memories. I could fill pages with such encounters over my lifetime, and grieve that the vast majority are unrepeatable. In each case a friendly, unpretentious environment, and a product or service worth remembering, sometimes uniq…
Those one of a kind businesses that are increasingly rare as as quasi-monopolies spread, are treasured in my memories. I could fill pages with such encounters over my lifetime, and grieve that the vast majority are unrepeatable. In each case a friendly, unpretentious environment, and a product or service worth remembering, sometimes unique. Free enterprise has a cherished place in a free society. It can't do it all effectively, but it can be societally healthy.
Monopolies are the bane of free anything, monopolies of power, be it financial or political, and the less just the society, the more the two are interchangeable. We learned that lesson more than once, but have been lured by false promises, to reinstate what so many fought to ban.
I totally agree JL. They are all bad but the worst are the utilities--electric, cable, natural gas and phone. We have no choice of carriers and they have no incentive to provide good service.
Those one of a kind businesses that are increasingly rare as as quasi-monopolies spread, are treasured in my memories. I could fill pages with such encounters over my lifetime, and grieve that the vast majority are unrepeatable. In each case a friendly, unpretentious environment, and a product or service worth remembering, sometimes unique. Free enterprise has a cherished place in a free society. It can't do it all effectively, but it can be societally healthy.
Monopolies are the bane of free anything, monopolies of power, be it financial or political, and the less just the society, the more the two are interchangeable. We learned that lesson more than once, but have been lured by false promises, to reinstate what so many fought to ban.
I totally agree JL. They are all bad but the worst are the utilities--electric, cable, natural gas and phone. We have no choice of carriers and they have no incentive to provide good service.