tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post2081628023783402231..comments2024-01-23T11:05:07.492-06:00Comments on MSU PHILOSOPHY CLUB: SocialismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-73775705356364815052009-08-17T21:23:46.681-05:002009-08-17T21:23:46.681-05:00I like the idea of representing Socialism as in &#...I like the idea of representing Socialism as in 'degrees' of influence or its existence in degrees. I know each bsns desires the end-state of a pure monopoly, but competiton (with several noteable exceptions Electric Company-State Sponsored monoploy) keeps many from achieveing this end-state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-52134539775559456702009-08-17T15:59:52.791-05:002009-08-17T15:59:52.791-05:00That causeway is not the one Huey built. It was m...That causeway is not the one Huey built. It was made in 1956.<br /><br />The private syndicate charging 8 dollars a toll, was the Watson-Williams Bridge. Huey offered a different plan, and told the syndicate that even if they build their bridge, when Huey was governor, he would build his own free one. That became the Rigolets Bridge (U.S. 90). See T. Harry Williams, Huey Long pp. 227-232, or http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM604Q_Lake_Ponchartrain_Causeway_New_Orleans_LAHannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050924893865965576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-56719612479744957422009-08-17T13:58:09.979-05:002009-08-17T13:58:09.979-05:00I'm pretty sure the original state road was no...I'm pretty sure the original state road was not a toll road, but a historian of may say otherwise. Public toll roads are still public (ie, they are not in private hands). <br /><br />Less clear are utilities where private individuals can own shares. Still, it is not pure capitalism, as they cannot charge whatever the market will bare, or Fannie and Freddie, where the state backs the institutions up and provides capital, but private individuals can buy shares and share in profits.Hannohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14050924893865965576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-91023022024024744982009-08-17T13:13:29.597-05:002009-08-17T13:13:29.597-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112221767327387733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3556891643907669554.post-13204062378137132302009-08-17T13:13:02.969-05:002009-08-17T13:13:02.969-05:00The causeway is still a toll bridge. Maybe Long or...The causeway is still a toll bridge. Maybe Long originally made it free, but there is a toll now. State capitalism at work?<br />http://www.gnoec.net/causeway_new/tolls.phpAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01112221767327387733noreply@blogger.com