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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 89868" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Competition: fair/unfairWhile I am sympathetic to that agenda, where in the constitution is the government allowed to operate businesses in the first place? Of course if you think the only tool in your kit is passing more legislation have at it. But it looks like you are patching a hole in the fence while leaving the gate wide open. It&#039;s well past time to privatize Fannie and Freddie. Tell the Dodd-Frank regulators that if they can&#039;t make up their mind about the rules for this many years maybe we don&#039;t need those regulations too. The uncertainty does more damage to the economy than any rules, the big banks will just finesse. Leave the post office alone so they can cut their costs and shrink to a size that can be supported by their declining revenue, etc. etc etcThanks for the sentiment tho... Seems you have larger dragons to slay. JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 89868, member: 126"] Re: Competition: fair/unfair While I am sympathetic to that agenda, where in the constitution is the government allowed to operate businesses in the first place? Of course if you think the only tool in your kit is passing more legislation have at it. But it looks like you are patching a hole in the fence while leaving the gate wide open. It's well past time to privatize Fannie and Freddie. Tell the Dodd-Frank regulators that if they can't make up their mind about the rules for this many years maybe we don't need those regulations too. The uncertainty does more damage to the economy than any rules, the big banks will just finesse. Leave the post office alone so they can cut their costs and shrink to a size that can be supported by their declining revenue, etc. etc etc Thanks for the sentiment tho... Seems you have larger dragons to slay. JR [/QUOTE]

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