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From: Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: EV Charging Stations Stripped of Copper Cables
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On 11/07/2024 3:18 am, Cursitor Doom wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jul 2024 06:52:49 -0700, john larkin wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 09:24:30 -0000 (UTC), RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9 Jul 2024 at 05:04:24 BST, Bill Sloman wrote:

<snip>

>> Why end "capitalism"? Economic and intellectual plualism works.
> 
> So does a mixed economy of both private enterprise and publicly-owned
> bodies if the size of the state sector can be constrained. Unfortunately,
> states have a tendency to grow themselves if not kept in strict check and
> this is in large part responsible for the truly *vast* debt burden now
> carried on the back of so many Western countries.

Most western countries have a whole lot of state-owned infra-structure, 
and their "debt" burden is what paid for it.

Big companies are owned by a lot of share-holders who hold their debt, 
and collect dividends from the company. What's the difference?

-- 
Bill Sloman, Sydney


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