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Originally posted by smooth
I don't agree that some regulations give players an undue advantage.
I actually think the norm is more often the opposite of that.
Regulations ensure a level playing field (or, at least attempt to equalize one's chances of operating within the market). They create an essential benchmark that other's can compete against.
US citizens seem to believe that a meritocratic society demands us to do our best that everyone fends for his or herself.
I think that a meritocratic society is more accurately described as a society that ensures the independant variable for success is one's merit--not structural (dis)advantages one encounters in his or her life. Just like the science we rely on so heavily for answers, the controlling agent must minimize or eradicate extraneous variables in order to observe the variable being measured.
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I agree, I think of it as handicapping to ensure competition. While the telephone industry was deregulated there are still some regulations that describe and detail just how the regional bells interface and interact with the long distance and local bells. While it seems like there is just Verizon, Sprint, MCI, AT&T there are even smaller companies that are given the opportunity to compete due to the regulations.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 06-19-2003 at 05:38 AM..
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