tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post59200729419027369..comments2023-10-23T08:31:46.168-07:00Comments on LEAP economics: Nationalisation - in whose interest?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post-25607853484293642312008-10-15T06:05:00.000-07:002008-10-15T06:05:00.000-07:00The Economic Advisory Council was constituted on D...The Economic Advisory Council was constituted on December 29 to advise the Prime Minister on all economic developments, monitor trends and suggest suitable policy response.<br>-----------------<br><br>Adam<br><br><a href="http://www.drivenwide.com" rel="nofollow">Internet marketing</a>Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17353921074690923592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post-21201763392179743502008-10-05T13:43:00.000-07:002008-10-05T13:43:00.000-07:00The railways today receive four times more state s...The railways today receive four times more state subsidy than they did under British Rail. <br><br>I remember them too, yes they were bad, but that was due to decades of underinvestment under successive governments.<br><br>I don't think anyone is arguing for the Morrisonian model of state nationalisation as the perfect model - but a genuinely common ownership and control of vital services and industries.<br><br>See the latest LEAP pamphlet for more details: http://www.l-r-c.org.uk/payments/default.asp#LEAP - reviewed at: http://thecommune.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/social-ownership-for-the-21st-century/Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829335430135810050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post-76607536200638368182008-10-05T09:57:00.000-07:002008-10-05T09:57:00.000-07:00I remember it, so reading what other's thought...I remember it, so reading what other's thought is not needed, it was cheap in my times, but not cheap for the tax payers, billions went in and yet sod all changed.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post-1023512751470739992008-10-04T10:26:00.000-07:002008-10-04T10:26:00.000-07:00The Railways were more efficient under British Rai...The Railways were more efficient under British Rail. They weren't without faults, but delivered more on a far smaller budget. <br>See the 2004 Catalyst report: http://www.editiondesign.com/catalyst/pubs/paper24.htmlAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09829335430135810050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532540929589136198.post-84721176483108263552008-10-04T00:12:00.000-07:002008-10-04T00:12:00.000-07:00The problem is I remember the nationalized railway...The problem is I remember the nationalized railways the CEGB British gas BT and all the others who did little to make our life better, what would be different now, governments going in and taking out billions to pay for something else. For a while the sale of these companies worked the trains were cheaper not better but now they are more expensive then bloody flying.<br><br>Do I want to nationalize say power, or do I want to see a body which say hold on mate your only charging 3% in Germany and France 22% here sod off.<br><br>The fact is when the railways was under the flag of nationalization you were lucky to have a train a day it was late it was dirty and it was on strike.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com