I guess you have to be a U.S. citizen to get the REAL treatment at the border. I always sweat driving back into the U.S. even though my papers are in order, I have nothing to hide, and I carry no federal demons from my past. Most of the guards have been surly. Almost all have been highly suspicious of my activities. I suppose a little R&R across the border will soon be subject to surveillance.
I apologize for not making myself clear. I was being facetious while attempting a bit of sarcasm.
The U.S. auto industry has been pandering to what the people in this country want, which is not necessarily a good thing. We have a history of love for big, gas guzzling machines while our automakers have been operating with only one goal in mind for too long: short term profits. Our government has, for the most part, stayed out of the way while domestic trucks and SUV's have gotten bigger, heavier, and more powerful. A few years back, foreign automakers decided to compete in the guzzlers' market; now huge trucks and SUV's from Nissan and Toyota crowd our highways and pollute our air as well.
Government intervention in the auto industry may have precluded a blood-for-oil war that we have been waging since 2003.
I know the results of a completely free and open marketplace in internet service will probably not have anywhere near the dramatic results, but I still think unfettered capitalism has shown itself to be potentially very dangerous.
Again, sorry for the confusion.
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I guess you have to be a U.S. citizen to get the REAL treatment at the border. I always sweat driving back into the U.S. even though my papers are in order, I have nothing to hide, and I carry no federal demons from my past. Most of the guards have been surly. Almost all have been highly suspicious of my activities. I suppose a little R&R across the border will soon be subject to surveillance.
I apologize for not making myself clear. I was being facetious while attempting a bit of sarcasm. The U.S. auto industry has been pandering to what the people in this country want, which is not necessarily a good thing. We have a history of love for big, gas guzzling machines while our automakers have been operating with only one goal in mind for too long: short term profits. Our government has, for the most part, stayed out of the way while domestic trucks and SUV's have gotten bigger, heavier, and more powerful. A few years back, foreign automakers decided to compete in the guzzlers' market; now huge trucks and SUV's from Nissan and Toyota crowd our highways and pollute our air as well. Government intervention in the auto industry may have precluded a blood-for-oil war that we have been waging since 2003. I know the results of a completely free and open marketplace in internet service will probably not have anywhere near the dramatic results, but I still think unfettered capitalism has shown itself to be potentially very dangerous. Again, sorry for the confusion.
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Government non-intervention sure has worked well for our automobile industry the last few decades...
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