12-03-2008, 04:32 AM
Jon,
Nope, not saying that at all.
I am just a free marketeer. I make money in my businesses by offering the same or higher quality stuff for less than my competitors.
I never put a gun to anyone's head to buy my stuff, in fact if they don't have a good attitude, I just wont sell to them... It's my stuff
In a free market environment you can not and should not allow monopolistic or predatory businesses to exist.
There are many things I can't afford, but I don't complain, I just work to earn what I need and want.
Everyone in business is doing it to make a profit, but I think things like Helco are monopolies and should have to be non-profit or somehow invite competition.
Competition sharpens the pencil, the mind, stops waste and lowers prices.
Helco's competition is YOU! You can opt out of their customer base incrementally through conservation and totally by setting up some solar etc.
(I recommend a combination of the two)
Buying electricity from someone is like renting, it is a never ending cycle of dependency just like being a tenant farmer sharecropping for a land lord.
My goal in life is not to make lots of money, but to not need lots of money.
I accomplish this through thrift and I deny myself many things like eating out, soft drinks, Star bucks, Buying paper towels etc. I consider these things to be extravagances that I can not and will not Afford.
By doing these things it allows me to lay out the money for an alternative energy system and not be at the mercy of some Hui selling electricity.
They say take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
But we live in a world where poor people buy paper towel, soft drinks and prepared food and wonder where their money went. The thought of just drinking water seems to elude them somehow.
Nope, not saying that at all.
I am just a free marketeer. I make money in my businesses by offering the same or higher quality stuff for less than my competitors.
I never put a gun to anyone's head to buy my stuff, in fact if they don't have a good attitude, I just wont sell to them... It's my stuff
In a free market environment you can not and should not allow monopolistic or predatory businesses to exist.
There are many things I can't afford, but I don't complain, I just work to earn what I need and want.
Everyone in business is doing it to make a profit, but I think things like Helco are monopolies and should have to be non-profit or somehow invite competition.
Competition sharpens the pencil, the mind, stops waste and lowers prices.
Helco's competition is YOU! You can opt out of their customer base incrementally through conservation and totally by setting up some solar etc.
(I recommend a combination of the two)
Buying electricity from someone is like renting, it is a never ending cycle of dependency just like being a tenant farmer sharecropping for a land lord.
My goal in life is not to make lots of money, but to not need lots of money.
I accomplish this through thrift and I deny myself many things like eating out, soft drinks, Star bucks, Buying paper towels etc. I consider these things to be extravagances that I can not and will not Afford.
By doing these things it allows me to lay out the money for an alternative energy system and not be at the mercy of some Hui selling electricity.
They say take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
But we live in a world where poor people buy paper towel, soft drinks and prepared food and wonder where their money went. The thought of just drinking water seems to elude them somehow.