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[Stewart Fist]

Bernard wrote:
>In an earlier post I asked a question about government's aims for
>de-regulation.
>
>Is it ideology driven, or do they have a well thought through, balanced goal
>complete with measures of success/failure and co-ordinated across programs
>and policy areas? Nobody seems to have responded with any answers.
>
>It would appear that the government's strategy is the usual short term
>political extremist view - if the market place is too regulated - deregulate
>without limit.

The Bills providing for telecommunications "de-regulation" passed through
the Senate today --- all 900 pages of them!!!!

De-regulation means something different to politicians.



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