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Environment & Energy

TexasTowelie

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3. My guess is that you have never been a state employee.

Reply to alwaysinasnit (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 01:34 AM

Nov 2019

I spent thirteen years as a state employee and I can reassure you that there is plenty of pressure to increase revenue and cut costs. That was true whether Republicans or Democrats were in charge.

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California Governor Threatens State Takeover of PG&E [View all] BigmanPigman Nov 2019 OP

Please! Take over! California_Republic Nov 2019 #1

Well, that might be better than having to bail them out constantly. We, the taxpayers, end up alwaysinasnit Nov 2019 #2

My guess is that you have never been a state employee. TexasTowelie Nov 2019 #3

yeah. one of the dangers of State ownership stopdiggin Nov 2019 #7

Or you can look at Medicare with a 3% overhead, versus 'health' insurance companies with a diane in sf Nov 2019 #12

will agree with the examples that you give stopdiggin Nov 2019 #15

No, never been a state employee. But I have to say, ever since the FERC allowed Enron to alwaysinasnit Nov 2019 #8

Exactly, they piratized $5B out of the company and things proceeded to go to hell. diane in sf Nov 2019 #11

A minefield to be sure, lots of risk yadda yadda, but if rate payers/tax payers/insurance buyers RockRaven Nov 2019 #5

would have said that this was mostly a fairy tale, but .. stopdiggin Nov 2019 #4

city of riverside ca runs its own electric company, works well and low rates nt msongs Nov 2019 #6

True, but sometimes the wind blows hard... B Stieg Nov 2019 #9

Don't threaten. Just do it. diane in sf Nov 2019 #10

+1 IndyOp Nov 2019 #13

Good! hatrack Nov 2019 #14