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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 89949" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Competition: fair/unfairWell since you asked, for the last few hundred years. Our founders were apprehensive about over-reach by a central Federal government so specifically limited the powers available to them. They even limited their regulatory powers to inter-state commerce (commerce clause). The post office was considered a valuable common infrastructure so treated as&nbsp; a special exception. The founders belief was that local decisions were best made locally, and all powers not specifically enumerated as Federal or state government powers, resided in we the people.While I expect opinions vary. There is much debate over what our founders were &quot;thinking&quot; and how that applies to modern situations, they could never anticipate. I doubt they would endorse federal or state government backed local sound companies but I expect opinions vary.&nbsp; JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 89949, member: 126"] Re: Competition: fair/unfair Well since you asked, for the last few hundred years. Our founders were apprehensive about over-reach by a central Federal government so specifically limited the powers available to them. They even limited their regulatory powers to inter-state commerce (commerce clause). The post office was considered a valuable common infrastructure so treated as a special exception. The founders belief was that local decisions were best made locally, and all powers not specifically enumerated as Federal or state government powers, resided in we the people. While I expect opinions vary. There is much debate over what our founders were "thinking" and how that applies to modern situations, they could never anticipate. I doubt they would endorse federal or state government backed local sound companies but I expect opinions vary. JR [/QUOTE]

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