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Originally posted by seretogis
Good point, but while the government may need to be in control of the infrastructure, I don't see why it should be necessary for the government to provide services to it. They can own the restaurant, but why should they be staffing it themselves?
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I can agree with that system. The government (probably on a state level to make it manageable, or on a county or city level in large urban areas) should own water supply lines, electricity supply lines, natural gas lines, phone lines and perhaps even things like cable tv and internet lines. Their job would be to keep a high level of service to every customer and charge the minimum possible to break even.
The suppliers into those lines could be municipally, privately, or co-op owned, just like today, and could compete on service level and price. I think there are still some issues about who gets to build a nuclear power plant where, but it would still be a better system.