Deus, the right wing arguments against this are end of the world, etc., and I have no reason to accept that as yet. Because what's behind it is "muh private corporations!"
I mean, I live in PA . . . We at the moment are run top down by the GOP, and they could not privatize the booze stores because it was going to be a financial disaster.
Yes, but, the difference between those advocating in favour of and against this bill is that the latter are defending a status quo that I'm sure that the vast majority of us would agree is hardly disastrous; indeed, whatever its imperfections (and you're not going to get a perfect policy), it does the job of electricity provision reasonably well. The proponents of this bill, on the other hand, are arguing in favour of an almost revolutionary change; nationalising a large and key sector of the economy and turning it over to management by randomly selected boards. To me, this sounds like a rather risky leap of faith, and one that will be difficult to undo if it is implemented and proves to be a disaster. Best to stick with the workable status quo just in case.
