On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:53:00 GMT, jim@jibbering.com (Jim Ley) wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:06:15 +0100, Martin wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:14:51 GMT, jim@jibbering.com (Jim Ley) wrote:
>>>Well you assume as it was government subsidised that it was
>>>economically viable - if it wasn't then the government absolutely
>>>should not have been subsidising it, and therefore we shouldn't be
>>>moaning that it took years, but that it happened at all.
>>
>>The government subsidised the airport infrastructure in UK before it was
>>privatised.
>
>Sure, and you would hope they got fair value when it was privatised -
>unfortunately I don't think they did, but at the same time one bad
>decision doesn't mean we should applaud another.
You don't believe in long term government investment in the infrastructure of a
country?
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Martin
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