I am not convinced that supplying electricity to the area was that important compared to giving up control to a bureaucracy. They took over huge amounts of land, run local governments, deface the landscape, etc.
I will try to find the blistering article I read a year or so ago describing what the TVA has become. I think I misread the cost structure. The better answer was that the TVA is so heavily subsidized by the Feds in order to deliver cheap electricity that its cost to the taxpayer is 5 to 10 times higher than that same amount of electricity bought through regular channels. The cost is buried so deeply in the Fed budget for TVA that no one can figure it out exactly. Now the TVA is talking about partnering with Obama to build a wind farm and transmission towers. Cost is unknown. This is what I meant about government projects taking on a life of their own. They just keep getting bigger and infiltrating all levels of society. http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/11/tva_explores_powering_in_the_w.html I think I read something about the politics in San Diego which has caused high taxes and other costs of living increases. At least with corporations they are spending their own money. Governments spend yours. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Covill" <[email protected]> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:56 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Obama wasted our money > On 03/23/12 09:16, Nicholas Geti wrote: >> The Tennessee Valley Authority is now so graft ridden and involved in >> every >> aspect of people's lives that electricity costs between 5 and 10 times >> what >> everyone else is paying. > > The TVA was created because there was no way "private enterprise" was > ever going to put electricity in that area. And I have a lot of trouble > believing that those people are paying 5 times what I am paying here in > San Diego! > > You are, of course, correct that government projects become highly > bureaucratic, but have you ever worked for a large corporation? > > Dan > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/65F71ABC65784686A71C48037D717C57@dual ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
