"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ...
"vincent p. norris" wrote:

Privatization of many governmental functions has long been a goal of
the Republican Party.

The only things that kept ATC from being privatized ten years ago was the
Republican party and AOPA. The Democrats have been pushing privatization most
strongly.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can
be learned no other way.

Though, George, you cant deny that this is a republican initiative
today (not disputing ten years ago, because, to be honest i dont even
know). If it wasnt... well, it wouldnt be happening right now...
In more broad terms, privatization is clearly a republican push while
democrats are more government spending/social welfare based.
Bottom line, if any of you have ever taken an economics class, a true
economically efficient ATC model includes effects on demand (meaning
costs discouraging usage to some degree), and this is where
republicans are heading, not just in ATC but in most other things
(think medicare, think envirmental laws etc).
This is meant to be non-partisan, just a very simple laying out of the
facts. To be honest, i agree with privatization for the most part, in
its economic foundations, but not for ATC, i think thats one of those
cases where suffering the economic inefficiency is worth the social
benefits. Im sure others feel differently, dont bite my head off for
it.