The trigger was the FCC statement on internet freedom. I guess my brain matched it up to thoughts about health insurance and various other situations where private industry and "government" are both capable of delivering services.
Here's the thought: I don't want businesses treating me any differently than I want government to treat me. It's isn't an ideological issue for me, it's just a matter of fairness.
No matter who I'm dealing with, I want to be treated fairly. Discrimination is bad. So are cheating and lying. I'm happy to let the market decide issues of product pricing, and features. But I expect the providers to be like people... can you say "corporate citizens?"
There should be a better way to put the liars and cheats out of business that doesn't depend upon arguments about privatizing and nationalizing. And I don't buy an argument that says that an insurance company is a better judge than a Government single payer system of "when to pull the plug."
